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Tari Eason

Houston Rockets · #17 · Starter
PF6'8"215 lbage 254 yrs expLSULos Angeles, CA
4th best of 14 on HOUworth +1.7 wins to the rotation
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Elite rebounder & perimeter defender
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Houston Rockets
Western · Southwest · proj. 60-22 (▲+4.9)
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A disruptive, high-motor forward who lives in the passing lanes and crashes the glass hard for his size (6.3 rebounds in 26 minutes). He defends multiple spots with real intensity, but the offense is limited — 10.5 points on shaky 51% true shooting and almost nothing as a finisher inside. He enters free agency as a 3-and-D energy piece.

10.5
PPG
6.3
RPG
1.5
APG
1.2
SPG
0.5
BPG
GP 60MPG 25.8FG% 41.63P% 35.8FT% 77.6TS% 51.4USG% 18.7PER 12.9BPM -1.6VORP 0.2EPM +1.6
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Rebounding94
Perimeter defense88
Rim protection79
Shooting75
Scoring63
Playmaking57
Inside finishing53

Skill ratings are 2025-26 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2022-23 to 2025-26 · 4 seasons
10.4
PPG
6.3
RPG
1.3
APG
221
GAMES
Points 2,288Win Shares 11.8Starts 55Best season 2024-25 · 12.0 ppg
Games played, last three seasons56%

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 22 → 24
▼Declining

Tari, at 24, is trending downward — +1.6 → -1.6 box plus-minus over the window.

2026-27 forecast▲ 5.6 wins (+4.0)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Age should add a little at 25. Range 2.9–8.3 wins.
Production (BPM)+1.6 → -1.6-3.226-27 forecast +0.6
His on-court production has slipped.
2023-24: +1.6 · 22 games2024-25: +3.6 · 57 games2025-26: -1.6 · 60 games2026-27: +0.6 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)1.9 → 1.6-0.426-27 forecast 5.6
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 1.9 · 22 games2024-25: 4.9 · 57 games2025-26: 1.6 · 60 games2026-27: 5.6 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $22.0M vs $16.3M salary+$5.7M
His play is projected to be worth more than he is paid.
$16.3M salary2023-24: $4.4M · 22 games2024-25: $15.9M · 57 games2025-26: $3.8M · 60 games2026-27: $22.0M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $16,300,000 cap hit · through '31. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2023-24 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$16,300,000Guaranteed
7% of the club’s payroll · 6th of 12 priced deals
Runs through5 seasons
Est. market value$22,034,000 /yr
Surplus+$5,734,000
BARGAINworth more than he is paid

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

2026-27 off-season

1 move

OFFICIAL means the league’s own records carry the move; AGREED means a trusted insider reported it and the league has not processed it yet. Terms and attribution come from the wire, which is the only source that carries them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.