The Thunder have exercised their rookie scale team options for 2025-26 on four second- and third-year players, the team announced today in a press release.

All four players already had guaranteed contracts for 2024/25 and their salaries have now also been locked in for next season. These players – and their ’25/26 salaries – are as follows:

• Chet HolmgrenC (fourth year, $13,731,368)
• Ousmane DiengF (fourth year, $6,670,882)
• Jalen WilliamsF (fourth year, $6,580,997)
• Cason WallaceG (third year, $5,820,240)

Holmgren and Williams were full-time starters in the frontcourt last season for a Thunder team that won 57 games, claimed the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference and won a playoff series.

Holmgren, runner-up in Rookie of the Year voting, played all 82 regular-season games and averaged 16.5 points, 7.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.3 blocks in just 29.4 minutes per game . The 22-year-old also posted a strong shooting line of .530/.370/.793.

Williams, 23, took a significant step forward across the board after finishing second in the 2023 Rookie of the Year voting. The former No. 12 overall pick recorded averages of 19.1 PPG, 4.5 APG and 4.0 RPG on .540/.427/.814 shooting in 71 games (31.3 MPG) in his second NBA season.

Wallace, 20, immediately emerged as a rotation player for Oklahoma City as a rookie, earning regular minutes with his strong perimeter defense. Like Holmgren, he played in all 82 games during the regular season, averaging 6.8 PPG, 2.3 RPG and 1.5 APG with a shooting line of .491/.419/.784 in 20.6 MPG.

Dieng, 21, is the only one of these four players whose option decision was not a mortal lock. Drafted 11th overall in 2022, the 6-foot-4 forward has yet to emerge as a regular contributor for OKC after playing just 33 games off the bench last season. However, the Thunder remain encouraged by Dieng’s play in the G League, where he averaged 17.2 PPG, 7.6 RPG and 5.4 APG in 33 Showcase Cup and regular season outings in 2023-24.

Holmgren, Dieng and Williams are now eligible for rookie scale extensions in the 2025 offseason, and it’s safe to assume the Thunder will make an attempt to at least lock up Holmgren and Williams at that point . The team’s decision on Wallace’s fourth-year option for 2026-27 will happen next fall.

Next Thursday (October 31) is the deadline for teams to exercise rookie scale options for 2025/26. We follow those decisions here.