{"id":99404,"date":"2025-06-15T01:23:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T01:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/99404\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T01:23:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T01:23:05","slug":"steven-adams-signs-39-million-3-year-extension-with-houston-rockets-says-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/99404\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Adams signs $39 million 3-year extension with Houston Rockets, says report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand basketball center <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/steven-adams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Steven Adams<\/a> has agreed to a three-year, USD $39 million ($65million) contract extension to stay with the Houston Rockets, according to ESPN. The new deal keeps a top center out of free agency after playing a key rotation and leadership role in the franchise\u2019s playoff run. <\/p>\n<p>The Kiwi <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/nba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBA<\/a> star was off contract this season, but according to ESPN, he will remain in Houston after being traded to the Rockets from the Memphis Grizzlies in February 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He missed the 2023-24 season due to a knee injury but played an instrumental role during the 2024-25 season as the Rockets bagged the second position in the Western Conference before falling to the Golden State Warriors in the first round.<br \/>Adams, 32, stepped into the world of the NBA in 2013. A three-year deal would see the top center in the league until 2028. According to Basketball Reference, Adams has already earned around US$159m ($264.7m) across his career to date. This new deal would take him over the $300 million mark.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2024-25 season, Adams appeared in 58 games, averaging 3.9 points and 5.6 rebounds, as the team ended up in the second position in the West with a 52-30 record. The Rockets went on to lose to a much more experienced Golden State team in the first round of the playoffs. Adams is often seen as a key contributor in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ET logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/118783427.cms.png\" width=\"90%\"\/>Live Events<br \/>In the playoffs, he averages 22.1 minutes per game with 5.7 points and 6.6 rebounds. His defensive presence and offensive reboundary played a pivotal role in the Rockets&#8217; playoff run. Adams has played in 11 NBA seasons, spending his first seven in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Zealand basketball center Steven Adams has agreed to a three-year, USD $39 million ($65million) contract extension to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3794],"tags":[7,2346,292,194,21312,4066,6,211,962,21311],"class_list":{"0":"post-99404","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-rockets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-basketball-news","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-rockets","12":"tag-houston-rockets-news","13":"tag-houstonrockets","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-rockets","16":"tag-steven-adams","17":"tag-steven-adams-contract-extension"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114684769367785991","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}