Rockets 2022-2023 player previews: Jae’Sean Tate

How important is Jae’Sean Tate to the Rockets?Some Rockets fans are down on Jae’Sean Tate recently — and it’s got nothing to do with Tate at all.

If you haven’t heard, Kenyon Martin Jr. has issued a trade request. It seems that he doesn’t see a long-term place for himself in what’s becoming a crowded Houston Rockets wing rotation. Some will suggest that Tate ought to be the odd man out.

I disagree.

Is Tate A Long-Term Rocket?

This is not intended to be a holistic comparison between Tate and Martin Jr. I’m only trying to point out that there are components of Tate’s game that the front office is right to value. For example, per Bball Index, Tate ranked in the 98.7th percentile in terms of…