Reports: Thunder G Cason Wallace agrees to 5-year, $139M contract extension

By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) The Oklahoma City Thunder and guard Cason Wallace have agreed to a five-year, $139 million contract extension, according ​to multiple reports on Sunday night. ESPN first reported ‌the extension, with attribution to Wallace s agents at Excel Sports Management. Wallace, who turns 23 on Nov. 7, made the NBA All-Defensive second team last season, when he led the league in total steals with ‌150. ​He will earn $7.42 million for the ⁠2026-27 season before the ⁠extension kicks in. He averaged career highs of 8.6 points, 2.6 assists and 1.9 steals per game and averaged 26.6 minutes in 77 contests (58 starts). Wallace became a bigger ​part of the Thunder s plans after they traded another elite perimeter defender, Lu Dort, to the Atlanta Hawks ⁠in the offseason. I think the greatest ⁠sign of respect we could have shown ​Cason is moving Lu in that trade, Thunder president Sam ​Presti said in September. We potentially could have looked at ‌a ser