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Tari Eason or Damian Lillard

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Tari Eason

Tari Eason

SF • Houston Rockets HOU
Damian Lillard

Damian Lillard

PG • Portland Trail Blazers POR
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Eason over Lillard

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Outlook Tari Eason

Tari Eason Season Outlook: High-Motor Per-Minute Value in Houston's Rotation

Entering his fifth NBA season at age 25, Tari Eason occupies a key backup forward role for Houston behind established starters Kevin Durant and Jabari Smith Jr. With the frontcourt depth chart firmly established, Eason's fantasy utility relies heavily on his ability to carve out a steady 20-to-25 minute rotational assignment off the bench.

During the 2025 campaign, Eason proved his per-minute efficiency across 64 games by recording 10.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 1.3 steals in 25.7 minutes per game while hitting 1.5 three-pointers. His disruptive defense and high-motor rebounding provide an appealing floor for category leagues, even when primary scoring opportunities go elsewhere.

With an ADP of 131.60, Eason represents a viable late-round target. His fantasy ownership has risen from 10% up to 26% over recent weeks, underscoring growing sentiment as a high-upside bench stash who would immediately jump into standard-league prominence if injuries clear frontcourt minutes.


Updated 2 days ago

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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Lillard over Eason

 
 
 
 
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Outlook Damian Lillard

Damian Lillard Season Outlook: Backcourt Role and Veteran Value in Portland

Damian Lillard returns to Portland atop the point guard depth chart, stepping into a talented backcourt rotation alongside co-star Ja Morant. Recent reports from team workouts confirm the 36-year-old looks sharp and fully healthy, drawing praise from coaching staff and teammates ahead of his 14th NBA campaign.

Drafted around pick 69 as a mid-round asset, managers are factoring in age and shared backcourt duties. However, Lillard demonstrated elite production in his last campaign, averaging 23.8 points, 6.8 assists, and 3.2 three-pointers across 35.0 minutes per contest while shooting 92% from the charity stripe.

Fantasy sentiment is surging, with ownership holding at 100% and starting trust climbing to 84%. Even with Jrue Holiday also competing for backcourt minutes, Lillard provides reliable floor production, excellent perimeter volume, and elite free-throw efficiency as a proven, high-end fantasy floor general.


Updated 2 days ago

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Performance Tari Eason
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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Damian Lillard
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Tari Eason
OWN
30%
+4.42 compared to last week
START
 
9%
+9.3 compared to last week
OWN/START Damian Lillard
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
81%
+0.75 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Tari Eason
50th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Damian Lillard
48th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Tari Eason

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 50th among SF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 27th with 1513 total points (22.92 avg).
  • He is currently 1944 points behind the leader: Scottie Barnes
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 22.9.
  • Performance Stats

  • Assists per game numbers are 0 apg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 21 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +2.27, APG: +0.51, RPG: +1.82, MPG: +8.63 STLS: +0.14 BLKS: --0.16
Breakdown Damian Lillard

    Overview

  • I couldn't find any stats of this player even playing a game. This is most likely due to a mispelling. Try typing in the partial player name and let autocomplete fill in his name for you to avoid this happening again. The other possible reason is that he hasn't played in the past 30 days which makes it impossible for me to assign him a value.
  • Performance Stats

    Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 87 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -16.71, APG: -4.78, RPG: -3.22, MPG: --24.51 STLS: --0.83 BLKS: --0.13
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Tari Eason

No Injury Reported

Injury Damian Lillard

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Tari Eason
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Matchups Damian Lillard
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Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Tari Eason
13.07
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Damian Lillard
19.98
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Tari Eason
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
22-23 HOU 79 21.2 .446 .325 .757 9.2 1.1 6.1 0.6 1.2 1.2
23-24 HOU 22 21.3 .466 .360 .636 9.8 1.2 7.0 0.9 1.4 0.9
24-25 HOU 61 24.1 .490 .344 .755 11.9 1.4 6.3 0.9 1.6 1.2
25-26 HOU 66 25.9 .422 .355 .788 10.8 1.5 6.3 0.5 1.3 1.3
3-YEAR AVG 50 24.4 .456 .354 .742 11.0 1.4 6.3 0.7 1.5 1.2
Totals 230 23.3 .453 .347 .748 10.4 1.3 6.2 0.7 1.4 1.2
Career Damian Lillard
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
12-13 POR 81 38.3 .428 .366 .847 18.9 6.5 3.2 0.2 0.9 3.0
13-14 POR 82 35.6 .424 .394 .871 20.7 5.5 3.5 0.3 0.8 2.4
14-15 POR 80 35.4 .434 .344 .865 20.9 6.1 4.6 0.3 1.2 2.7
15-16 POR 75 35.5 .419 .375 .892 25.1 6.8 4.0 0.4 0.9 3.2
16-17 POR 73 35.8 .444 .368 .895 26.6 5.8 4.8 0.3 0.9 2.6
17-18 POR 70 36.6 .439 .361 .920 26.9 6.6 4.5 0.4 1.1 2.8
18-19 POR 80 35.3 .444 .369 .912 25.8 6.9 4.6 0.4 1.1 2.7
19-20 POR 57 36.8 .459 .397 .888 29.1 7.8 4.3 0.4 1.0 2.9
20-21 POR 59 35.0 .437 .382 .926 28.3 7.4 4.2 0.3 0.9 3.1
21-22 POR 30 34.8 .406 .330 .873 23.1 7.0 4.0 0.4 0.6 2.8
22-23 POR 57 35.8 .464 .371 .914 32.4 7.4 4.8 0.3 0.9 3.3
23-24 MIL 74 35.0 .424 .361 .921 24.5 6.9 4.2 0.2 1.0 2.6
24-25 MIL 61 35.0 .440 .367 .917 23.8 6.8 4.6 0.2 1.2 2.7
3-YEAR AVG 45 35.0 .431 .363 .920 24.2 6.8 4.4 0.2 1.1 2.7
Totals 904 35.9 .439 .372 .900 25.1 6.7 4.2 0.3 1.0 2.8
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