Steven Adams is the last man standing from those grand old Thunder-Grizzlies playoff series.
He-man basketball. Serge Ibaka and Marc Gasol. Kendrick Perkins and Zach Randolph. Tony Allen and Thabo Sefolosha. First team to 90 wins.
As a raw rookie in 2014, Adams was a breakout performer in the last of the three OKC-Memphis postseason throwdowns. He fit right in. Now Stone Cold is the only player left on either roster from those salad days.
And not even Adams was standing Friday in the NBA’s Orlando bubble. During a Thunder-Memphis matinee in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Adams sat on the Thunder bench, nursing a sore leg, his mask on, his hair down and his teammates springing a Titantic-sized leak.