The alleged burner account saga of Kevin Durant caused a lot of negative discourse on social media. Add to it the Houston Rockets’ struggles; in March until Saturday, the team did not win 2 games in a row. Amid this inconsistent run, their young forward Tari Eason had a slump of his own. Even when his mother tried to support her son, social media apparently wasn’t kind.
Teroya Eason tweeted after the Rockets’ 123-122 win over the Heat. “I’m so glad because I did not want to deal with the death threats tonight.
” While she never specified why she received such ugly messages, her tweets from Friday’s game provide some context.
Ime Udoka changed the lineup by starting Reed Sheppard over Tari Eason, which got them the win over the Hawks. During that game, Eason broke his streak of missing 23 consecutive three-point attempts from the past few games. In March, before the game against the Hawks registered seven consecutive games without a make and just hit one in nine games from beyond the arc.
Even in that phase, Teroya Eason constantly encouraged her son with some tongue-in-cheek comments.
I’m so glad because I did not want to deal with the death threats tonight.
— MOMSTER “Tea
” (@teroyaeason) March 22, 2026
“My baby couldn’t hit Jordan Poole with Draymond Green right now!!!! that shit almost broke the backboard!!! where are all the basketball gods when I need them I’ve been a fairly good person lmao Come on Peso!!! That’s OK keep working hard, baby! Nobody can take that from you!” This tweet from her had over 1.4 million views.
Her son finally connected on his third shot on Friday, giving Teroya much-needed relief. But the tweet of her cheeky Draymond Green-Jordan Poole meme apparently backfired. She had to clarify her longstanding humorous frustration with her son’s shooting slumps, as some fans thought she was engagement farming by using the former Warriors teammates’ names.
But that was not the case. “Please relax I’m not farming
I’ve been crazy a long time. I did not just start tonight. I just said something earlier and apparently a lot of people thought it was funny. I was dead serious. I guess the block is hot right now, but I’m pretty much always being me. No gimmicks.
.” A screenshot of her similar tweets followed this caption from 2023 to 2024.
Which clearly states this tweet again wasn’t mocking anybody. But it seems some fans allegedly crossed that border of respect and sent threatening messages. But Teroya Eason remained unfazed and continued supporting her son.
Tari Eason’s mother asked for help
His mother is one of the most vocal supporters on social media. But even she couldn’t understand how Tari Eason ended with one of the worst slumps in NBA history. Before the All-Star break, the Rockets’ forward would have a team-best score of 46.8% from three-pointers. But March has been a completely different story. That’s why Teroya Eason reached out to a famous trainer who even fixed rapper Ja Rule’s jumper.
“When you gonna be in Houston, I might need a favor, brother,” she tweeted at Chris Matthews, aka Lethal Shooter. Again, some fans trolled her, but she stood firm in her beliefs. “I don’t understand why you guys think this is a cook??? y’all are so scared. I’m not,” she wrote. “He knows he’s not shooting well. The man said he made Ja Rule into a shooter in two hours today, so my son should be Steph Curry by the playoffs. I dropped the comment trying to see some.”
A mother was trying to help his son’s woes. But the trolling nature went too far overboard.
