{"id":776840,"date":"2026-07-03T05:54:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/776840\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T05:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:54:31","slug":"nba-from-garfield-to-houston-tari-eason-resigns-with-rockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/776840\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA: From Garfield to Houston Tari Eason Resigns with Rockets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>              <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tari-eason-1-e1783055103696.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><br \/>\n                <a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"NTIsNSw2MA==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wilsonnapa.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wilson-Parts-Corporation.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>7\/2\/2026\n<\/p>\n<p>Tari Eason started his high school career as a Garfield Bulldog before transferring to Federal Way. At Federal Way he joined Jaden McDaniels who plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Eason returned to Garfield for his senior year and won a 3A State Title. In that title game he played and was named 3A tournament MVP over future #1 overall pick and NBA ROY Paolo Banchero who played at O\u2019Dea.\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16795627 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/paolo-and-tari-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\"  \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>Eason would go on to play college basketball for Cincinnati and LSU before being drafted 17th overall by the Houston Rockets in 2022. On Thursday July 2nd he signed a new 5 year deal to remain a Rocket. ESPN\u2019s Michael C. Wright wrote a story on his journey in the NBA and his new deal. <a style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/49253596\/sources-eason-return-rockets-5-year-815m-deal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Check it out Wright\u2019s story here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"NDIsMSw2MA==\" href=\"https:\/\/emeralddowns.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/emeraldbanner.jpg\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"imageLoaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wright_michael.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ESPN Writer<\/p>\n<p>Michael C. Wright<\/p>\n<p>elisportsnetwork.com<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"NDEsMiw2MA==\" href=\"https:\/\/emeralddowns.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/emeraldbox.jpg\"\/><\/a>                                                     <\/p>\n<p>\t\tPost navigation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"7\/2\/2026 Tari Eason started his high school career as a Garfield Bulldog before transferring to Federal Way. At&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,6],"class_list":["post-776840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-basketball","tag-nba"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116854500106152625","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}