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Jae'Sean Tate Houston Rockets · #8

Forward · 6'4", 230 lb · Pickerington, OH · Age 31 · 6th season

Jae'Sean Tate is a forward for the Houston Rockets who has played 342 games over 6 seasons, averaging 2.8 points, 1.6 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 2025-26.

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MVP race · #406Forward rank · #219Balladex Impact · 44

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Houston Rockets · #8 · Forward

Jae'Sean Tate

Season avg2.8 pts · 1.6 reb · 0.5 ast · .514 fg

Career avg7.5 pts · 3.8 reb · 1.8 ast · .491 fg

Live win probabilityRockets 54%

Balladex model · projected 116–116 · 98.2 pace

Tonight's projectionmodel

2.3pts

1.1reb

0.4ast

54%win

Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head

Jae'Sean Tate

Houston Rockets · Forward

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Alex Caruso

Oklahoma City Thunder · Elite stopper

Category breakout

Head-to-head history

Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.

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Scouting report

Jae'Sean Tate — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

Forward · Role player · Impact 44

Jae'Sean Tate is a forward for the Houston Rockets who has played 342 games over 6 seasons, averaging 2.8 points, 1.6 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 2025

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Offense

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Defense

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Feel / IQ

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Playmaking

Below average creator

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Scoring

Below average scorer

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Rebounding

Below average on the glass

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3PT / spacing

Below average spacing

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Perimeter D

Below average on the perimeter

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Paint / rim D

Below average at the rim

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Clutch

Below average late

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Athleticism

Below average tools

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Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Jae'Sean Tate stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets▬

43%

Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬

23%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬

19%

Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬

Joel Embiid Philadelphia 76ers▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #568 of 627 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

44Impact index

18Star score

Career scoring average7.5 ppg

Seasons in the index6

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Jae'Sean Tate — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring

2.8 PPG

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Playmaking

0.5 APG

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Rebounding

1.6 RPG

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Shooting

.313 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Jae'Sean Tate

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27 71% confidence

2.6

pts

0.9–4.3

1.4

reb

0.6–2.2

0.4

ast

-0.3–1.1

8.0

min

proj

health

.488

fg%

~base

.318

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 6-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 2.8 → projected 2.6 PPG

Minutes / role

-0.3

Development (his trend)

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Age curve

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Live context

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Net vs last season-0.2 PPG

Everything it reads

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6 seasons of per-minute rates

every box line, minutes-normalized

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Recency × games-played weight

recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline

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Weighted least-squares trend

his own trajectory, read season over season

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Per-stat aging curves

age 31 — applied per stat

curve

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Live role context

usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present

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Durability signal

GP last 3: 65 / 52 / 46 → games & confidence

health

The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Jae'Sean Tate career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2020-21	70	29.2	11.3	5.3	2.5	.506	.308
2021-22	78	26.4	11.8	5.4	2.8	.498	.312
2022-23	31	21.8	9.1	3.8	2.7	.480	.283
2023-24	65	15.9	4.1	3.0	1.0	.472	.299
2024-25	52	11.3	3.6	2.3	0.9	.473	.348
2025-26	46	8.8	2.8	1.6	0.5	.514	.313
Career	342	19.9	7.5	3.8	1.8

Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.

EraLab · the stat time machinenovel

Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.

—raw PPG

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—in 2026 pace

why

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

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Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart

Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.

Role simulatorpowered by GM engine

Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.

Context

Are the Houston Rockets built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

55–27proj record

#3conf seed

+5.5net rtg

117.6off rtg

112def rtg

98%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Switch-heavy — Switches 1–4 (or 1–5) to erase actions and keep bodies in front. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Amen Thompson, Fred VanVleet.

How his role moves

Projected 55–27, 3rd in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

44 of 99

Role player tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Jae'Sean Tate

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1995-10-28

The beginning

Jae'Sean Tate is a forward for the Houston Rockets.

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Jae'Sean Tate is a forward for the Houston Rockets.

Chapter

He has played 342 games over 6 seasons (2020-26), averaging 19.9 minutes a night. The season-by-season table below carries every per-game figure, each one reconciled against ESPN.

Chapter

In 2025-26 he played 46 games, averaging 2.8 points, 1.6 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 8.8 minutes.

Where things stand

Where Tate goes from here.

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Tate's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Active

Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 230 lbs
College: Ohio State
Experience: 7th Season
NBA debut: 2020
Born: Pickerington, OH
Age: 31
Jersey: #8

Beyond the game

Jae'Sean Tate is from Pickerington, OH, born 1995-10-28, listed at 6'4" and 230 lb. He has 7 seasons of NBA service. This background is assembled from league records; the colour that fills a page like this comes later, from a human.

The person

A forward on 19.9 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth8.8 minutes a night; situational.

Floor spacerShooting 31.3% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

ESPN

FAQ

Jae'Sean Tate — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Jae'Sean Tate, answered.

What position does Jae'Sean Tate play?

Jae'Sean Tate is a forward for the Houston Rockets.

How many NBA games has Jae'Sean Tate played?

342 regular-season games over 6 seasons, averaging 19.9 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Jae'Sean Tate played?

6 seasons (2020-26).

How tall is Jae'Sean Tate?

6'4", 230 lb

Jae'Sean Tate career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.