Steven Adams has certainly done his work scouting the Utah Jazz, now with two games under his belt following a Game 2 loss on Wednesday night.
The Oklahoma City Thunder big man noted how his team had lost the battle on the boards, being out-rebounded by 10 (five of them being offensive rebounds) — comparing the rebounding styles of Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert, who combined for 31 of their 56 rebounds on Wednesday.
“They're two different players,” said Adams when asked about the Jazz' twin towers. “One uses his length and his sheer size, which for me I gotta box him out a bit further than I normally would with a normal-sized big guy.”
“Favors is different. He really does his work early — almost like a Zach Randolph, he does his job really early — that's why he gets really good positioning, Favors does the same. He has a great timing for when his players are going to shoot, and then he also has a really good base. The bigs with really good base is really tough to box them out and drive them out, so once he establishes himself, it's really tough to move them.”
Good stuff from Steven Adams on the difference between Gobert and Favors on rebounds. Compares Favors to Zach Randolph in doing his work early. pic.twitter.com/G6hQb8FwNC
— Erik Horne (@ErikkHorne) April 19, 2018
It's exactly this sort of analysis that has made Adams the box-out king of the NBA, and by a large margin.
His dedication to studying game film and not repeating his mistakes has made him one of the most cerebral players at the center position, which has made him that much more valuable to the Thunder as the brains of the operation.
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