Tari Eason (PF, HOU) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 20

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ANALYSIS: The San Antonio Spurs are struggling massively and the Houston Rockets aren't far behind. That's reasonable, though, considering the Rockets and the Spurs boast very inexperienced squads filled with rookies. One rookie calling Houston home is Tari Eason.

After bringing Kenyon Martin Jr.'s basketball corpse back to life, the Rockets are determined to do something similar with Eason. He had a rough start to his pro days with an average 8-5-1-1 stat line during the first three months of play, but since he got his first start back on January 21, Eason has been an entirely different man.

From January 21 on, Eason has appeared in 19 games (three of them starting at PF), playing around 24 MPG. He's putting up a nightly 12-7-1-1 stat line to go with 0.7+ BPG. You might think there's not a lot of change, but the kid is really growing on a weekly basis.

In the six games played after the break, Eason has averaged a 14-8 line on points and boards to go with 1.6 APG, 1.8 SPG, and 0.8 BPG. The closer you get to the present day, the better he gets.

The shooting is fixed entirely with Eason hitting seven 3PM in his last six games and at least one three-point shot in all but one of those matches. In the last five outings, he's scored at least 10+ points every time while also getting two double-doubles and grabbing at least 5+ boards in each of those performances.

It's a really small sample, but from February 26 on (five games), Eason has averaged 1.18 FP/min and 34 FPPG. Looking at the full-season picture, those are the numbers averaged by the likes of Jaren Jackson Jr., Christian Wood, and Clint Capela, to name a few.

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