Rockets Extend Qualifying Offer To Tari Eason

By Dana Gauruder | at June 29, 2026 1:13 pm The Rockets are extending an $8.01MM qualifying offer to forward Tari Eason, making him a restricted free agent, Kelly Iko of Yahoo Sports tweets. This confirms Iko’s report over the weekend that Houston was likely to give Eason his QO. Eason’s cap hold will be roughly $17.03MM, but Houston projects to be well over the cap anyway. The 17th overall pick in the 2022 draft, Eason averaged 10.5 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.2 steals on .416/.358/.776 shooting splits in 60 regular season appearances in 2025/26, including 34 starts (25.8 minutes...