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Justin Martinez: Alex Caruso is also back after a two-game absence due to a left hip contusion. Apologies!
Justin Martinez: Alex Caruso (left hip contusion) has been ruled out for OKC’s home game against Denver tonight. He was initially listed as questionable but got downgraded to out. Chet Holmgren (flu) remains questionable.
Isaiah Hartenstein on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: I told him ‘my fault, I’ll get you the assist next time.’ And he was just like I don't care. Just make the best play. Make the right play. Like I just want to win. I think just even hearing that early on especially from your superstar. I think that's just impressive how he kind of put his ego aside and he really just wants to win. Alex Caruso: I've talked about this before with you on probably multiple occasions like he's just very selfless for a guy that is on every commercial, is the face of this team, the NBA, the country. It's just impressive. It's impressive.
Isaiah Hartenstein: The G League is such a crazy experience especially coming from… So I was playing in the Euroleague I was playing overseas and how like structured… Alex Caruso: I was about to say the most structure basketball like… Hartenstein: Everyone listens, you're not talking back to the coach, like the coach says something you're just like ‘okay’. This was the exact opposite, especially RGV. Caruso: Yeah, there's some wild teams in RGV. Hartenstein: Because we always took like the best players that were the head cases like to get the swings. Caruso: The guys that like didn't make it in the league or like trying to break in the league had like an attitude, behavioral issues… Hartenstein: I was like, ‘I don't know if I want to do this no more.’ Like players and coaches were fist fighting in practice and I'm just standing there. Caruso: I won't say any names for stories, but if you played the G League, you know exactly who these people are.
Justin Martinez: Here's OKC's injury report for its home game against Golden State tomorrow: Isaiah Hartenstein and Alex Caruso are out after getting banged up against New York. Jalen Williams and Ajay Mitchell also remain out.
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In the latest injury blow in a season full of them for the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder, Alex Caruso (left hip contusion) and Isaiah Hartenstein (left calf tightness) were ruled out during the team's 103-100 victory over the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night. "They were just ruled out for the rest of the game," Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. "We'll evaluate them tomorrow, but when they went out, they weren't coming back." Both players were ruled out midway through the fourth quarter of a Thunder win that extended their lead over the San Antonio Spurs for the top seed in the Western Conference to 3.5 games.
Justin Martinez: OKC’s Chet Holmgren (low back spasms) and Alex Caruso (left ankle sprain) have been downgraded to out tonight against Detroit
Brandon Rahbar: Isaiah Hartenstein is out tonight vs the Pistons. Chet Holmgren and Alex Caruso are doubtful. SGA, JDub and Ajay Mitchell remain out.
Justin Martinez: Final: Thunder 116, Raptors 107 Cason Wallace: 27 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists Isaiah Joe: 22 points and 3 assists Alex Caruso: 16 points and 4 assists OKC holds on to improve to 45-14 on the season.
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Ivica Zubac: It was the third year. I finished my first season strong, played pretty well. Then Magic Johnson came to the team. Before Summer League, they told me I had to be Summer League MVP. If not, they’d be disappointed. I wasn’t MVP. Q. You weren’t? Zubac: No. We won the Summer League. I played well, but not MVP. That team was loaded. The best team in Summer League history. Me, Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart, Kyle Kuzma, Alex Caruso, Thomas Bryant was coming off the bench. Seven or eight legit NBA guys. How can you be MVP on that team? Sometimes you can’t even get the ball. We won it all. Summer League ends. The season starts soon. Two weeks before the season, they sign Andrew Bogut. Magic Johnson calls me in. Says I didn’t improve all summer. “You didn’t improve. You won’t play.” Camp hadn’t even started. And he’s telling me I won’t play. I’m thinking, I stayed all summer, didn’t play for the national team. All summer in L.A. with my trainers. Strength coach, skill coach, did everything they wanted. What else could I do? If I didn’t improve, that’s on you. Second season, I barely played at all. Third season starts, they sign JaVale McGee. He’s the starter, no other real center. Michael Beasley plays backup center.
Law Murray: Asked former Lakers champion Alex Caruso about guarding LeBron James at this stage of their respective careers "He's still a really hard matchup for a lot of guys in the league. Not a lot of people have a 6'8" 250-pound guy that can handle and move."
Brandon Rahbar: Some good news, Thunder fans. Chet Holmgren, Isaiah Hartenstein, Lu Dort and Alex Caruso are off the injury report and good to go tomorrow vs Houston. Jared McCain is available to make his debut. SGA, JDub and Ajay Mitchell remain out.
Brandon Rahbar: Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray are good to go tonight vs OKC. Thunder missing Jalen Williams, Alex Caruso and Ajay Mitchell. Nuggets missing Aaron Gordon, Christian Braun and Cam Johnson. Neither team is close to full strength. But both teams have an MVP and 1st time All Star.
