Washington Wizards head coach Scott Brooks called Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams, “the strongest, most physical guy in the league.”

Philadelphia 76ers star Jimmy colorfully seconded the praise.

“That motherf***eris strong,” said Butler. “Like, I’m serious. He hit me with one screen and I thought my life was over. He’s from Krypton or something.”

The 7′, 265 pound Adams says he’s not particularly strong, but rather has mastered leverage, and what he calls awareness of the body, with both feet on the ground, and a wide base.

“Most of the guys would smoke me in the weight room,” says Adams to

Steven Adams doesn’t think he’s stronger than other players, but uses principles of jiu-jitsu to find leverage: pic.twitter.com/RnpNhuAB06

— Royce Young (@royceyoung) January 15, 2018

” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Royce Young for ESPN. “Like Serge [Ibaka], Serge in the weight room, mate, he was like getting it in every day, just killing it. But on the court I could just move him around. … You can be as strong as you bloody want, mate,” he says, “but if you’re on one leg, it goes down the drain.”

Adams was recently asked to explain his strength, and offer an unusual analysis.

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“I don’t think I am actually stronger than most guys. It’s weird,” he said, as transcribed by Stack. “I understand how to move and where they’re getting their power from so I take that away. But like if it was a power match, I’d probably lose. Anything power related where they have everything they need and I’ve maxed out everything I need, I’ll probably lose. I watch a lot of jiu-jitsu. Big fan of it. That’s about where your base is and where you generate power from. Kinda use that.”