Thunder guard Cason Wallace and UCLA star Kiki Rice met as middle schoolers in the inaugural Jr. NBA World Championship in Orlando, which featured some of the best 13-and 14-year-old boys and girls basketball players in the world.
Almost a decade later, Wallace is an NBA champion and Rice is two wins away from being an NCAA champion.
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The basketball power couple is about to celebrate their one-year anniversary since they started dating.
Wallace can’t make it to Phoenix, where Rice and No. 1 seed UCLA will play fellow No. 1 seed Texas at 8:30 p.m. Friday, but you better believe he’ll be locked in.
“I’ve been around a lot of them because we’re all the same age,” Wallace told The Oklahoman. “It’s fun seeing them do their thing, win and have fun out there on the court.”
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