The Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers are among the youngest teams in NBA history, led by almost entirely Gen Z players born between the late 1990s and early 2010s.

Seated at a podium at the Thunder’s Wednesday media day session ahead of Game 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals, though, the second-year guard eased off the gas and took a second to think. Wallace, who has blossomed into one of the NBA’s best young point-of-attack stoppers,

NBA Finals begins Thursday when the Oklahoma City Thunder host the Indiana Pacers in Game 1. The Thunder are making their first finals appearance since 2012 -- when Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden were on the roster.