Recent NBA 1st Round Pick Ruled Out For Remainder Of Season
On Saturday evening, the Houston Rockets defeated the Phoenix Suns by a score of 118-109 (in Arizona).
Tari Eason remained out of action (he last played on January 3), and after the game, head coach Ime Udoka revealed that he would be out for the remainder of the 2023-24 NBA season.
Eason finished his year averaging 9.8 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.4 steals per contest while shooting 46.6% from the field and 36.0% from the three-point range in 22 games.
Via Vanessa Richardson: "Tari Eason will have surgery on Monday, per Coach Ime Udoka.
There was a benign growth on his lower leg bone that Coach says was pre-existing, but flared up due to getting hit.
Out for four months."
Eason was the 17th pick in the 2022 NBA Draft out of LSU and is in his second season in the league (all with the Rockets).
His career averages are 9.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.2 steals per contest while shooting 45.2% from the field and 34.7% from the three-point range in 104 regular season games.
As for the Rockets, they are the 12th seed in the Western Conference with a 26-34 record in 60 games.
They are 3-7 over their last ten games and will host Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday evening in Houston, Texas.
On the road, the Rockets are 6-24 in 30 games, while they have gone 20-10 in the 30 games they have played on their home floor.
