Jae'Sean Tate

Jae'Sean Tate

29-Year-Old ForwardF
Houston Rockets
Probable
Injury Ankle
Est. Return 10/21/2025
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Tate was used sparingly by the Rockets during the 2024-25 season. Across 52 regular-season appearances, he was limited to 11.3 minutes per contest with averages of 3.6 points and 2.3 rebounds. He never came close to any real fantasy value, and things are looking just as bleak in 2025-26. The Rockets re-signed Tate to a one-year deal, but his chances of securing a rotation spot do not look great. The Rockets acquired Kevin Durant from Phoenix, and they have a plethora of forwards, including Amen Thompson, Jabari Smith, Dorian Finney-Smith and Tari Eason. Barring several injuries, Tate won't be on the fantasy radar to open the season. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed a one-year, $3 million contract with the Rockets in June of 2025.
Personal Bio/PreCareer Summary

Jae'Sean Tate was born in 1995 in Toledo, Ohio. He is the son of Jermaine Tate and Cori Key. Jermaine played college basketball at Ohio State and the University of Cincinnati before playing professionally overseas. Cori died tragically when Jea'Sean was young. Jermaine and his stepmom Jenice Tate later raised Jae'Sean. Jae'Sean has a tattoo of a key on his leg to honor his mother. Tate played his high school basketball at Pickerington Central, which is outside of Columbus. At Pickerington Central, Tate was teammates with fellow NBA veteran Caris LeVert. When Tate was a sophomore, his high school team won the 2012 Division I championship. As a senior, Tate was named Co-Player of the Year in the Ohio Capital Conference. Tate then played four years of college ball at Ohio State. He spent the 2018-19 season playing for the Antwerp Giants in Belgium. In 2019-20, Tate was a wing for the Sydney Kings in Australia, where he scored 16.4 points a game and was named to the All-NBL First Team. Tate was an Ohio Sate Buckeye from 2014 through 2018. In the 2014-15 season, the forward averaged 8.8 points and 5.0 rebounds, started the last 16 games of the season and earned Big Ten All-Freshman Team honors. He was known for occasionally playing center for OSU despite being 6-foot-4. As a sophomore, Tate's averages increased to 11.7 points and 6.4 rebounds per contest before a shoulder injury ended his season early. As a junior, Tate was selected to the Honorable Mention All-Big Ten team and led Ohio State in scoring with 14.3 points per contest. Tate was a co-captain his senior season (2017-18), earned Second Team All-Big-Ten honors and helped lead the squad to a 25-9 record and an NCAA Tournament appearance. After college, Tate played the 2018-19 season with the Antwerp Giants in Belgium. For 2019-20, Tate starred for the Sydney Kings of the NBL and earned All-NBL First Team honors. He began his NBA career when the Houston Rockets signed the former Buckeye in November of 2020.

Goes through contact work
FHouston Rockets
Ankle
October 18, 2025
Tate (ankle) was able to take contact at Saturday's practice, Danielle Lerner of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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According to coach Ime Udoka, the Rockets are still hoping Tate will be ready for Opening Night. Tate is projected to be on the edge of the rotation to open the season, so this news doesn't have a ton of fantasy implications.
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55.7%
 
Effective Field Goal %
52.7%
 
3-Point Attempt Rate
31.1%
 
Free Throw Rate
31.8%
 
Offensive Rebound %
8.9%
 
Defensive Rebound %
12.4%
 
Total Rebound %
10.6%
 
Assist %
10.6%
 
Steal %
1.9%
 
Block %
1.1%
 
Turnover %
9.2%
 
Usage %
13.4%
 
Fantasy Points Per Game
9.2
 
Fantasy Points Per Minute
0.8
 
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After strong showings in both 2020-21 and 2021-22, Tate basically vanished off the face of the earth last year, playing in just 31 games. In that time he averaged 9.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 0.7 steals per game, all career lows. Looking ahead to the 2023-24 season, he is almost the forgotten man when it comes to projecting the Houston rotation. The Rockets have loaded up on young pieces, with Tate now having to battle Dillon Brooks, Tari Eason and Cam Whitmore for playing time. It would appear as though both Eason and Brooks will be ahead of Tate, with Whitmore snapping at his heels. Given the depth in Houston, there is a chance Tate is not even in the rotation come opening night, making him an afterthought in most fantasy leagues.
Tate's second season with Houston wasn't vastly different from his first. He started 77 of his 78 appearances and played a complementary role to the more talented young core. In 26.4 minutes per game, the forward averaged 11.8 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists. Though Tate isn't a magnificent three-point shooter (0.8 makes per game on 31.2 percent), he takes nearly all of his shots from the rim or three, as he attempted just five long twos last season. He sported a decent mark of 2.4 free-throw attempts per game when considering his workload and his 9.3 field-goal attempts overall, though he shot just 70.7 percent from the charity stripe. This season, there's a strong chance Tate comes off the bench, though that will probably depend on whether Eric Gordon starts or is brought off the bench as a scoring sixth man. Either way, Tate should continue seeing minutes in the mid-20s, though he's also now competing for time against No. 3 overall pick Jabari Smith and No. 17 overall pick Tari Eason, who looked great in Summer League. Kenyon Martin, another forward, also seems to own organizational trust. It's encouraging that Houston inked Tate to a three-year, $22.1 million deal over the summer, though it's not exactly the type of money that guilts a coach into handing him minutes without conditions. Tate ranked 144th in per-game production last season, so he's likely not worthy of a pick in most standard leagues this time around.
Tate was picked up by the Rockets last season after going undrafted, and his level of production was unexpected. He started 58 of his 70 appearances for Houston, and his performances really started to pick up in early February. From Feb. 4 onward, the forward averaged 12.6 points on 50/31/70 shooting, 5.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.4 steals in 30.6 minutes. He ranked 118th in per-game fantasy production, but his availability allowed him to rank a surprising 75th in total production. His role figures to be reduced heading into 2021-22. The Rockets drafted promising rookie Jalen Green with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2021 draft, and he figures to start at either shooting guard or small forward next to Kevin Porter. The additions of Daniel Theis and Alperen Sengun also complicate Tate's ability to play in the frontcourt. Danuel House and Eric Gordon will also be vying for minutes on the wing. All things considered, it seems likely that Tate's production will take a step back. He should go undrafted in standard leagues but could function as a decent pickup if the Rockets start to deal with injuries.
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Hopeful for season opener
FHouston Rockets
October 10, 2025
The Rockets are hopeful that Tate (ankle) will be ready for the start of the regular season, Danielle Lerner of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Re-ups with Rockets
FHouston Rockets
June 30, 2025
Tate (ankle) agreed to a one-year, $3 million contract with the Rockets on Monday, Michael Scotto of USA Today reports.
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Expected to re-sign with Houston
FHouston Rockets
Ankle
June 27, 2025
The Rockets intend to bring back Tate (ankle) on a new contract, Shams Charania of ESPN reports.
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Won't play in Game 7
FHouston Rockets
Ankle
May 3, 2025
Tate (ankle) has been ruled out for Game 7 of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs against the Warriors on Sunday.
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Lacks timeline for return
FHouston Rockets
Ankle
April 26, 2025
Tate (ankle) will remain out Saturday's Game 3 matchup with the Warriors, and it's unclear if he'll be available at any point in the first-round playoff series, Danielle Lerner of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Hopeful for Opening Night
FHouston Rockets
October 11, 2025
Tate said Friday that he's hoping his ankle is 100 percent by Opening Night, Danielle Lerner of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Tate has been sitting out the preseason as he works his way back from a lingering ankle injury that he had surgery on over the summer. "I'm going day-by-day. I hope that's the case," Tate said, when asked about being ready for Opening Night. "I feel like I've been on a leg and a half the last couple of years, so looking to just be able to move a little better, not be in my head about it. And, yeah, I can't wait." With Tate hobbled by this injury, the chances of him cracking Houston's revamped rotation are pretty slim.
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