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Cason Wallace Ready to Team up with Victor Wembanyama

The Oklahoma City Thunder teammates are split up, with Cason Wallace playing on Team Pau Gasol with Victor Wembanyama against Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams on Team Jalen Rose.

Rylan Stiles

Cason Wallace Ready to Team up with Victor Wembanyama
Cason Wallace Ready to Team up with Victor Wembanyama /
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The Thunder will be well represented on Friday night at the Rising Stars event. With three participants, the Oklahoma City crew split up as part of the Rising Stars draft. Team Jalen Rose scooped up Holmgren and Williams, while Wallace went to Team Pau Gasol.

Tonight, they will battle as part of the tournament-style rising stars challenge that features a G League squad headed up by Detlef Schrempf as the coach, who will battle with Tamika Catchings, Jalen Rose, and Pau Gasol's squads. 

This afternoon, the Rising Stars met with the media ahead of practice, where Cason Wallace was asked about teaming up with Victor Wembanyama on Team Pau.

"I like to throw lobs, I am going to see how high he can get," the Thunder rookie season who goes from playing with Chet Holmgren to playing with Victor Wembanyama, two of the best rising lob threats in the NBA. 

When Jalen Williams was asked if he gave any advice to Wallace ahead of this event he said "No, he is not on my team" with a smile, enjoying the fact the two have a chance of matching up against each other in the title game of tonight's tournament. 

While the two joke about being rivals for the next few hours, Wallace was quick to point out that it means a lot to him to have so many Thunder representatives here, and "It shows how good of a team we are," when asked what it meant to enjoy this weekend with his teammates. 

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Cason Wallace is also a believer in Wilt Chamberlin's 100-point game, and he rattled off his Mt. Rushmore as: Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, and Wilt Chamberlin. 

Who would Wallace draft number one overall in the WNBA Draft this season? Iowa's Caitlin Clark.

Jalen Williams revealed he would not let Aleksej Pokusevski drive his car, Wallace said he would not like to room with any teammate who prefers a hot room, 

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Rylan Stiles
RYLAN STILES

Rylan Stiles is a credentialed media member covering the Oklahoma City Thunder. He hosts the Locked On Thunder Podcast, and is Lead Beat Writer for Inside the Thunder. Rylan is also an award-winning play-by-play broadcaster for the Oklahoma Sports Network. 

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