On the court, Cason Wallace doesn’t do anything slow. 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.

The NBA Finals is set. On Thursday, June 5, the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers will begin their battle for the rights to be the next NBA champion. Both seek their first NBA championship in their franchises' histories.

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.