Where should Tari Eason be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 149 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 144 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 115.5 on average, 34 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

How many games will Tari Eason play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 66 games, after 60 last season.

HOU

Tari Eason

Houston Rockets · SF/PF · Age 25 · 6′8″

Rankings Klay Thompson Julian Champagnie

Rank#149SF #80 · of 233

Value-0.5809-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP115.5

$ Max value$1Yahoo avg $0.0

Games6626 min a game

Rostered9.5%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 149 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 144 in 2025-26. He is top 25 in steals among rotation players; the cost is free-throw percentage at 76.6%. Yahoo drafters take him at 115.5 on average, 34 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

Stats over time

Rising: 9.3 in 2022-23, 10.5 last season.

Last season10.5

4-season average10.4

Trend a season+0.6

2026-27 proj.11.5

Fairly steady: between 9.3 (2022-23) and 12.0 (2024-25).
Per 36 minutes: 15.6 in 2022-23, 14.7 last season, on 21.5 → 25.8 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (11.5) is up on last season (10.5).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#230of 24724-25#138of 26625-26#179of 27226-27*#160of 213

Per game, from ESPN box scores. * Our 2026-27 projection, dashed.

Season by season

Season	Rank	Value	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2026-27Proj.	149	-0.580	66	26	11.5	1.6	6.2	1.4	1.4	0.7	45.1%	4.5/10.0	76.6%	0.9/1.1	1.4
2025-26	144	-0.201	60	26	10.5	1.6	6.3	1.5	1.2	0.5	41.6%	4.0/9.7	77.6%	0.9/1.1	1.4
2024-25	74	0.170	57	25	12.0	1.1	6.4	1.5	1.7	0.9	48.7%	4.8/9.8	76.0%	1.4/1.8	1.1
2023-24	260	-0.636	22	22	9.8	0.8	7.0	1.2	1.4	0.9	46.6%	4.0/8.6	63.6%	1.0/1.5	0.9
2022-23	-	-	82	22	9.3	0.7	6.0	1.1	1.2	0.6	45.0%	3.6/8.0	72.2%	1.3/1.8	1.2

Rank, Value and colours start with 2023-24, the first season on our board; earlier seasons show ESPN's box scores.

Category profile · 2026-27

PTS

11.5#160 of 213-0.51

3PM

1.6#114 of 2130.07

REB

6.2#68 of 213-0.08

AST

1.4#189 of 213-0.74

STL

1.4#19 of 2130.52

BLK

0.7#75 of 213-0.15

FG%

45.1%4.5/10.0#155 of 213-0.34

FT%

76.6%0.9/1.1#140 of 213-0.88

TO

1.4#71 of 2130.31

Rank among rotation players (20+ minutes, 20+ games). Colour is the value in the category, as in Rankings.

Team role · Houston Rockets

No. 5 at SG for the Houston Rockets, behind Amen Thompson, Reed Sheppard, Marcus Smart, and Bogdan Bogdanovic. 48 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Josh Okogie, Dorian Finney-Smith, and Aaron Holiday; Fred VanVleet is the arrival projected for the most minutes (32).

SG

1Amen Thompson
2Reed Sheppard
3Marcus SmartNew
4Bogdan BogdanovicNew
5Tari Eason
6Bruce ThorntonNew
7Quadir CopelandNew
8Sean PedullaNew

SF

PF

Left since 2025-26

Josh OkogieSigned by UTAH Jul 1017 min → UTAH
Dorian Finney-SmithAcquired by CHA Jul 617 min → ATL
Aaron Holiday14 min
Minutes a night48

Arrived

Marcus SmartSigned Jul 1029 min from LAL
Bogdan Bogdanovic20 min from LAC
Oscar Tshiebwe17 min from UTAH
Sean PedullaSigned Aug 174 min from LAC
Fred VanVleetnew
Bruce ThorntonSigned Jul 7new
Quadir Copelandnew

Depth chart from ESPN. Who left and arrived: last season's box scores against today's roster; how and when: ESPN's transaction feed, where it lists the move. Minutes are last season's, per game. Houston Rockets depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	HOU	60	25.8	10.5	1.6	6.3	1.5	1.2	0.5	41.2%	4.0/9.7	81.8%	0.9/1.1	1.4
2024-25	HOU	57	24.9	12.0	1.1	6.4	1.5	1.7	0.9	49.0%	4.8/9.8	77.8%	1.4/1.8	1.1
2023-24	HOU	22	21.8	9.8	0.8	7.0	1.2	1.4	0.9	46.5%	4.0/8.6	66.7%	1.0/1.5	0.9
2022-23	HOU	82	21.5	9.3	0.7	6.0	1.1	1.2	0.6	45.0%	3.6/8.0	72.2%	1.3/1.8	1.2

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Tari Eason in fantasy basketball

The outlook above is written from our 2026-27 projection and his recent seasons, and changes with every projection run. His Value and ranks are the same numbers Rankings shows.