For a while, Tari Eason lost himself.
He started the season on a hot streak from three and turned into a high-volume sharpshooter. Coaches and teammates encouraged the forward to fire from deep on a Houston Rockets team lacking shooting threats. But when regression arrived, it did so with a fury that left the 24-year-old in disarray.
Visible indecision marked Eason’s movements. A player who thrived off tenacity too often applied it after a moment’s hesitation, leading to reckless and ineffective play. A team meeting in Memphis helped the forward re-center, leading to a pair of productive outings and perhaps, a return to form ahead of the postseason.
“We got everything out [in the meeting] and understood what expectations are,” Eason said Sunday after the Rockets blew out the Pelicans. He scored 15 points, his most since Feb. 7. “Guys just told me: We need you.”
“[We] attacked him,” joked teammate Alperen Şengün, who sat in the visitors locker room in New Orleans with his arm draped around Eason.
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5 comments
New Tari
How i imagine the meeting went :
“Playoffs are about to start, be you from the beginning of the season and not you from the last few months”
“Ok.”
“You do another step back and we’re gonna jump your ass” – Team
It went like. U already going to struggle to even get the qualifying offer! Get out your head don’t give a fuck and be the tari we all know or u about to be speaking Iranian
A* historic