We almost went the whole week in the NBA without a single rookie scale extension. Then Oklahoma City and Cason Wallace got their deal done just now AND gave us the perfect spark for the latest Late Night NBA Intel. My Sunday Best notes are all here:

From this summer

And yes, OKC is a projected second apron team (right now they are $26M over) and face a tax bill that could exceed $200M. But as the apron rules teach us, the restrictions apply to adding to your roster in free agency and trades, not with retaining your own players.

The Thunder now have 13 out of 14 of their current players under contract for next season. They are also projected to have 3 firsts in next year's draft, including swap rights with the Clippers.

Credit: Jay Kakani The majority of the recent extensions have aligned with the player value model.

Critical extension for the Thunder to lock in Wallace ahead of restricted free agency next summer -- now having their starting five all under contract for several years. Wallace led the NBA in total steals and deflections last season and has ranked third in steals per game in each of the last 2 seasons, per ESPN Research. He now steps into a starting role with a new extension.

Here’s what we wrote on Cason Wallace

Just in: Oklahoma City Thunder All-Defensive guard Cason Wallace has agreed to a five-year, $139 million rookie-scale contract extension, agents Jeff Schwartz, Max Lipsett and Marcus Monk of Excel Sports Management tell ESPN. https://t.co/vCNVSJjp0q

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