Was Steven
Adams right?

Watch them plummet, mate.
Steven Adams at Rockets media day, September 2026

Adams predicted that performance across the league would slide once GTA VI comes out on Nov 19, stay down for the rest of November, and recover in December. This page follows the whole league, night by night.

What Adams predicted

Nov 19
GTA VI unlocks, and performance across the league starts to slide.
Nov 30
The slump stays confined to November.
December
Players recover, and so do coaching staffs, which he expects to struggle too.

How the verdict works

The chart is for following along. The answer comes from an analysis registered before the season started and run once, in January 2027.

Yes
A clear drop after the launch, followed by a rebound.
Half right
The drop, without the rebound.
No plummet
Any drop after the launch is smaller than the registered threshold for a plummet.
Opposite
Players get better instead.
Can't tell
The data can't separate these.

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