Alex Caruso Rumors

K.C. Johnson: You ever golf with Caruso? He's pretty good. Matas Buzelis: No, I haven’t. I was supposed to golf with Zach LaVine. Interviewer: Also good. Matas Buzelis: Yeah, he’s also— He’s not better than me, though. K.C. Johnson: You hear that, Zach? Zach, you're not better than me. I saw him play. He’s all right. He’s not better than me.

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At this stage of his career, Edgecombe might be better suited playing off the ball. But a Western Conference scout doesn’t have a problem with his desire to be a point guard. The scout noted that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Alex Caruso, and Cason Wallace shared point-guard duties for the NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Finals against the Indiana Pacers. He thinks Edgecombe can play that role. The scout also pointed out that Jamal Murray is a point guard for the Denver Nuggets, and that De’Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle, and Dylan Harper will share ballhandling duties for the San Antonio Spurs.

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Quick Overview Oklahoma City won the physicality on a game by game basis 4-3. They also took the "playing hard energy" wins by the same 4-3 margin. The team with the better Physicality score was 5-2, while the team with the most "Playing Hard Wins" was 7-0. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led all players with 226 Physicality Wins, followed by Pascal Siakam (164), Myles Turner (140), Chet Holmgren (134) and Jalen Williams (132). Siakam led in Net Wins with +33. Hartenstein led in Net Wins per 36 min. Siakam was the top "playing hard energy plays" leader with 63 PH Wins, followed by Caruso (55), Holmgren (52), Haliburton (47), and Nembhard (43). Siakam dominated Jalen Williams Head-to-Head (+19 wins), while Shai was +20 net wins against the five IND starters (only losing H2H to Siakam).

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Brandon Rahbar: Sam Presti on Alex Caruso's defensive style of reading and reacting: "He's Lawrence Taylor." Reminds me of when Mark Daigneault compared Cason Wallace to Ed Reed. I'll just throw this one out there: Chet Holmgren is Ed "Too Tall" Jones.

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Brandon Rahbar: Presti on Caruso and Hartenstein: "Their personalities were so well suited for this particular team at this particular team. I don't know if that'll ever happen that we find two elite role players that are happy being role players that are tailor made for our program."

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Caruso, a veteran guard affectionately known as “The Bald Mamba,” played a pivotal role in helping the Oklahoma City Thunder secure their first-ever NBA championship, delivering an 11-point, six-rebound, three-steal, two-block performance in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. The Thunder defeated the Indiana Pacers 103–91 to close out a remarkable postseason run for the league’s youngest team. “This team was made up of second-round picks and free agents at the start of their careers and was pieced together meticulously,” Caruso said during the event. “This has been a full-circle moment for me. It’s going to take some time to sink in.”

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“When I won a championship with the Lakers, I was with Hall of Famers and still trying to figure it out,” he said. “Six years later, I knew the answers to the test — and I picked it up and ran with it.” He also credited the atmosphere of the parade, saying the energy was unmatched from start to finish. “The parade had an overwhelming turnout — it was so loud,” Caruso said. “It was a lot of fun and great energy. The speeches were great too!”

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Brandon Rahbar: Brooks Barnhizer on players he’s looking forward to work with: “Caruso and Dort, guys who are kind of similar to my path. If I can be fit from that same cloth one day…”

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Pat McAfee: "The Pacers had a crazy good run and they played their game.. Hats off to them and they deserve a round of applause.. They're a tough out and we had to play really good basketball to beat them" ~ @ACFresh21 #PMSLive

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NBA: Alex Caruso with the ACCESSORIES for the @okcthunder 's championship parade today 👀

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As to why he all of a sudden became a screener upon entering the NBA, he once told me, “This is how we play, and if you’re not bought into it, you’re not gonna play.” So Wallace adapted willingly. Now, he sets picks and rolls to the rim, facilitating from there, as do Alex Caruso, Wiggins and the rest of Oklahoma City’s guards and wings. The Thunder set 28 ball screens per 100 possessions with their guards during the regular season, according to Second Spectrum. No one else in the NBA averaged more than 18.

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Alex Caruso: I had 3 beers already, it’s SARCASM!! -two time

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CJ Fogler: Isaiah Hartenstein explaining that Alex Caruso had to teach them how to open champagne bottles and that's why the celebration was so brief, why Tim Reynolds asked if he really didn't know he said: "No, when I won in Lithuania they just drank hard tequila"

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“As far as face of the league and best player on best team, he's got that capability,” Caruso said of Gilgeous-Alexander after Game 7, per Josue Pavon of ClutchPoints. “I think the thing that sets him apart is he'll probably be hungry for more. He probably won't be satisfied with just winning this one time. He'll want to do it again, he'll want to be better, he'll want to see how he can tweak and maneuver his game to better fit and take advantage of the way people guard him.”

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