It goes without saying that the OKC Thunder already have their stars soundly in place.
With Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams, and Chet Holmgren leading the charge and officially locked in for the foreseeable future, the ball club is more than set in the top-shelf talent department.
However, hiding in the shadows is a budding star in Cason Wallace, who not only played like one of the team's most dominant players during this past title-winning season, but could very realistically be on the verge of breaking out onto the scene during a pivotal 2025-26 campaign.
Cason Wallace should be gunning for career-best campaign with Thunder
Though the lion's share of attention and credit for Oklahoma City's successes last season was directed to their Big Three, Wallace was quietly one of the biggest difference-makers on the team, particularly on the defensive end.