Cason Wallace | |
Position: | Point guard / shooting guard |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 3 |
Weight Lb: | 195 |
League: | NBA |
Team: | Oklahoma City Thunder |
Number: | 22 |
Birth Date: | 7 November 2003 |
Birth Place: | Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
High School: | Richardson (Richardson, Texas) |
College: | Kentucky (2022–2023) |
Draft Year: | 2023 |
Draft Round: | 1 |
Draft Pick: | 10 |
Draft Team: | Dallas Mavericks |
Career Start: | 2023 |
Years1: | –present |
Team1: | Oklahoma City Thunder |
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Cason David Wallace (;[1] [2] born November 7, 2003) is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA).[3] He was a consensus five-star recruit and a top 5 player in the 2022 class.
Wallace attended Richardson High School in Richardson, Texas where he played under coach Kevin Lawson. As a senior, he was the Gatorade Basketball Player of the Year for Texas and The Dallas Morning News boys basketball Player of the Year after averaging 19.9 points, 7.4 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game.[4] [5] He was selected to play in the 2022 McDonald's All-American Game and the Jordan Brand Classic.[6] A five-star recruit, Wallace committed to the University of Kentucky to play college basketball.[7] [8]
The Dallas Mavericks selected Wallace with the tenth overall pick in the 2023 NBA draft then traded him, along with Dāvis Bertāns, to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for the 12th overall pick, Dereck Lively II.[9]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Oklahoma City| 82 || 13 || 20.6 || .491 || .419 || .784 || 2.3 || 1.5 || .9 || .5 || 6.8|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 82 || 13 || 20.6 || .491 || .419 || .784 || 2.3 || 1.5 || .9 || .5 || 6.8
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2024| style="text-align:left;"| Oklahoma City| 10 || 0 || 19.8 || .390 || .321 || .500 || 1.3 || 1.0 || .9 || .2 || 4.2|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 10 || 0 || 19.8 || .390 || .321 || .500 || 1.3 || 1.0 || .9 || .2 || 4.2
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| style="text-align:left;"| Kentucky| 32 || 32 || 32.2 || .446 || .346 || .757 || 3.7 || 4.3 || 2.0 || 0.5 || 11.7
Wallace is cousin to 2012 NBA champion Terrel Harris and two-time Super Bowl champion, Super Bowl XXXII Most Valuable Player, and Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Terrell Davis.