As Kiki Rice competes on UCLA’s girls’s basketball crew for a spot within the nationwide championships on Sunday, cheering her on might be her NBA participant boyfriend, Cason Wallace.
“I’ve been around a lot of them because we’re all the same age,” Wallace instructed The Oklahoman about Rice’s teammates. “It’s fun seeing them do their thing, win and have fun out there on the court.”
Wallace, 22, and Rice, additionally 22, met on the inaugural Jr. NBA World Championship in Orlando once they have been preteens. In 2022, they have been pictured collectively at an occasion for highschool basketball gamers, in order that they clearly stayed associates over time.
From L-R, All Americans Cason Wallace, Kiki Rice, and Justine Pissott.
According to experiences, Wallace and Rice began relationship final yr, and went public with their relationship after the Oklahoma City Thunder received the NBA Championship final yr with an interview on “WAG Talk”:
They quickly began making public appearances. In July, they attended the ESPYs collectively:
And in August, they attended a Dallas Wings vs. Washington Mystics WNBA sport together:
Rice, a senior, is a high WNBA prospect within the draft later this month. She made historical past as Jordan Brand’s first NIL athlete. “As a little girl growing up, I watched a ton of basketball and any basketball fan knows the significance of Michael Jordan when it comes to this game,” she instructed Complex in 2024. “To partner with them and to be able to be the first Jordan brand NIL athlete meant a lot to me. Not only because it was something I could never have thought would happen but also just because of the opportunities that I’ve been able to have since I’ve been partnered with them.”
She continued, “The rooms that I’ve been able to be in, the people that I’ve been able to meet, it’s something that is really special and I’ll value always. The relationships I’ve had from that partnership have been something that I think will be lifelong relationships.”
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