My Take
Cason Wallace is exactly the kind of player that makes you excited about where the NBA is heading — a 2003-born Dallas kid who came out of Kentucky already wired like a veteran. His defensive IQ at that age is genuinely rare; he reads passing lanes the way guys twice his age struggle to, and watching him disrupt plays in Oklahoma City feels less like a rookie finding his footing and more like a future two-way cornerstone settling in. The Thunder built something special around that young core, and Wallace fits the culture perfectly — competitive, low-ego, hungry. I think the league is going to be talking about him for a very long time.
Overview
Cason David Wallace ( KAY-sən, kay-SON; born November 7, 2003) is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a consensus five-star recruit and a top five player in the 2022 class.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Cason Wallace
- Name (Japanese)
- ケイソン・ウォーレス
- Reading
- けいそん・うぉーれす
- Born
- November 7, 2003 (age 22)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Goat
- Origin
- Dallas, Texas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Kentucky
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.