Thunder center Steven Adams gestures during a nutrition quiz with Taft Middle School students during a Thunder Fit Clinic at the school in Oklahoma City on Sept. 14. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman

If Steven Adams was ever having a crisis, you'd never know.

Hair a little longer, smile the same, Adams walked from group-to-group of sixth graders at Taft Middle School on Thursday. It was the 24-year-old's first Thunder community event of the new season, Adams' first official Thunder activity in a new tax bracket.

Adams doesn't seem bothered by the expectations of being a $100 million dollar man in the middle of the Thunder's starting lineup, but Year 5 for him in Oklahoma City will have a different feel.

“There's much bigger things we have to do and worry about other than ‘oh I'm getting paid this much, I have to shoot this much,' or whatever it is,” Adams said when asked if his increased salary factors into his personal expectations. “Everyone's goal is the main goal. You have to make any sort of sacrifice, anything you have to do for the team.