Prior to the 2025-26 NBA season, Tari Eason and the Houston Rockets failed to come to terms on an agreement on a contract extension. The Rockets had made it a priority to reach extensions with each of their home-drafted selections over the last five years. Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr. The list goes on. Eason also was a part of that. The Rockets front office offered Eason a $100 deal over three years, with an injury guarantee. The injury guarantee prompted Eason to decline the deal, and understandably so. By the same token, the Rockets were well within reason to offer such a deal to the two-way forward. Eason had missed an extensive amount of time heading into the season (85 games, to be exact). Injuries had limited him in a major way. This season was much of the same, on the injury front. Eason missed 22 games. And he didn't exactly put together a career season when he was healthy. Contract years can be difficult.…