Jared Dudley: Shout out @DwightHoward and the 🐐 @ACFresh21 for staying ready! They both change the game tonight! If I told you we would be 41-12 1st in the west at the all star break, you would say we right where we need to be! #Lakeshow
Alex Caruso Rumors
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Position: G
Born: 02/28/94
Height: 6-5 / 1.96
Weight:186 lbs. / 84.4 kg.
Salary: $2,750,000
Born: 02/28/94
Height: 6-5 / 1.96
Weight:186 lbs. / 84.4 kg.
Salary: $2,750,000
Mike Trudell: Vogel called Caruso his “secret weapon.” I asked Caruso how he felt about his evolution as a primary ballhandler/traditional backup PG, and he definitely feels confident there and thinks it’s ultimately his best position. But on this team he just wants to help get W’s in any way.
But the Lakers don’t have anyone else who can consistently handle the ball under duress, outside James. Avery Bradley is probably ill-suited if Clippers guard Patrick Beverley picks him up with full-court pressure. At least Rondo has some of the skills needed to get the Lakers into their offense—more so than Alex Caruso, Quinn Cook, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Bradley. “He overdribbles,” said a Western Conference executive. “The team needs another guard who can handle but who can also play off of LeBron as a shooter. That’s not Rondo.”
Teams looking into Alex Caruso
Chris Haynes: Multiple teams are inquiring about the availability of Los Angeles Lakers guard Alex Caruso, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.
Mike Trudell: After discussing the emotional and mental challenge of preparing for tonight’s game against Portland, Frank Vogel was asked if everyone was available, and said that Alex Caruso (sore neck) will be a game-time decision. Caruso is currently getting extra shots up after practice.
Jamie Hudson: Lakers Injury Report: JaVale McGee (flu-like symptoms) is probable; Alex Caruso (neck soreness) and Anthony Davis (gluteus maximus contusion) are questionable for Friday’s game vs Blazers
Monday was the final day of fan All-Star voting. For Alex Caruso, it was greeted with an exhale. The 25-year-old guard has enjoyed riding the wave of a surge of fan voting, clocking in a No. 4 among Western Conference guards last Thursday ahead of such esteemed players as Russell Westbrook, Donovan Mitchell and Devin Booker. But fun is fun. Even Caruso isn’t stumping for himself at this point.
