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Alex Caruso

Handlogten's Heros said:
... Super limited sample, but the guy is doing stuff out there and I think some of it is real.
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13.9 PER. His FT% is good and TOs are kinda high. I read somewhere that is what you want with a project, because a lot of good FT shooters can subsequently improve their other shooting numbers, and high usage guys can get their TOs down. What is harder to improve are do-nothing types like Rxum.
 
r_u_s_t_b_u_c_k_e_t said:
13.9 PER. His FT% is good and TOs are kinda high. I read somewhere that is what you want with a project, because a lot of good FT shooters can subsequently improve their other shooting numbers, and high usage guys can get their TOs down. What is harder to improve are do-nothing types like Rxum.
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He's big too... gets a lot of steals... shot 40% from three on a limited NBA sample, but high 30s is believable. He gets in the lane and the turnovers are high. He's older so not necessarily a project, but if there was a guy who was going to be the next Joe Ingles (guy who keeps improving even if it doesn't make a ton of sense) I think Alex is a solid bet.


We know he is confident AF... anyone trying to dunk on Rudy or pull off the long balding hair and mustache combo is a confident dude... right or wrong.
 
TO's are high because Walton is running out 5 man sets that are being held together by spit and scotch tape. They had virtually no floor time together up to a couple weeks ago.
 
candrew said:
TO's are high because Walton is running out 5 man sets that are being held together by spit and scotch tape. They had virtually no floor time together up to a couple weeks ago.
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He seems like he'd do well in an intelligent system. I think he does make some mistakes though... few bad passes and he just got picked by Curry last night in the final minute.

I do agree some perspective is needed though... he's running out there with Javale McGee, KCP, and G league guys (although Williams and the other guy look solid).
 
JazzyFresh said:
If it wasn't for the Lakers injuries and shutting the team down would he even be playing? Probably not.
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What does that matter? He took advantage of an opportunity. Joe Ingles may not have played much had we not had a tanking skeleton crew the year we picked him up off the scrap heap.
 
MVP said:
Bogdanovic is not going anywhere though, he found home in Indiana.
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After we sign Caruso we can send him to Bojan’s house with a Uhaul truck and he is as good as ours....

Also, Caruso looks like a guy who leads a three man mover team and drives a uhaul.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
He's big too... gets a lot of steals... shot 40% from three on a limited NBA sample, but high 30s is believable. He gets in the lane and the turnovers are high. He's older so not necessarily a project, but if there was a guy who was going to be the next Joe Ingles (guy who keeps improving even if it doesn't make a ton of sense) I think Alex is a solid bet.


We know he is confident AF... anyone trying to dunk on Rudy or pull off the long balding hair and mustache combo is a confident dude... right or wrong.
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Being in LA and having a regrettable number of friends who are Lakers fans, I've watched a fair amount of Caruso lately. I think it's pretty clear that the game is slowing down for him. I really like how he has his head up and finds his own rhythm.
 
I wonder if he’s really that good or if he just plays for a crappy lakers team. I don’t think he’s started material IMO of course.
 
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