Good. That dude killed the Rockets in the 2020 playoffs. I might actually like him now that he’s not a Laker.
Wow what in mediocrity are the Bulls doing. Although I think the Lonzo signing is not bad at all considering Duncan Robinson and 35 year old Kyle Lowry just got paid a ridiculous sum, makes these Bulls signings look like good value.
people laugh at caruso, but this a huge loss for them in the playoffs i would rather have a smart heady player like caruso than westbrick
Sam Amick: The Lakers did a very puzzling thing today, and only time will tell if they pay a price for it in their pursuit of an 18th championship. When faced with the prospect of losing Alex Caruso, the 27-year-old guard whose Bird rights they carried and could thus pay whatever they wanted, they didn't put up any free-agency fight en route to him agreeing to a four-year, $37 million deal with Chicago. According to a source with knowledge of the situation, Caruso's camp went back to the Lakers after the Bulls made their offer and were told that there would be no counter. John Hollinger: It appears the Bulls can execute a sign-and-trade for Alex Caruso that keeps their full midlevel exception available and generates an $8.3 million trade exception for the Lakers. With the exception that is created by the sign-and-trade of Daniel Theis to Houston, the Lakers can sign Caruso for the same amount as Theis' 2021-22 salary plus $100,000, which is exactly what would be needed to generate a four-year, $37 million for him. The only hiccup is getting the Lakers to play ball, but that shouldn't 't be hard since the same sign-and-trade generates a similar sized exception for L.A. ... which can ride the same trade exception carousel to bring in its own player on a similar contract, although NOT via sign-and-trade due to the hard cap.
Sure man but not at 9M lol that is Theis money. Theis for example can play 2 big man positions, defend the paint, rebound and stretch. Carusso is more in line with Nwaba or Brown in terms of impact
They got Kent Bazemore and Ariza at vet min to replace Caruso. . WB can carry the team during the regular season and give Lebron and AD rest which Carusso cant do. Healthy Lebron and AD didnt really need anybody else to beat up the rest of the teams 4-1.
Is this a typical signing season, or is it more like that gap year when everyone threw silly money like when Rockets signed Ryno for 20 million/yr?
westbrick can’t carry flies to ****. Have you seen his advanced stats the past 3 years. He’s awful, one can make a great case his teams win in spite of him. Westbrook is like an anvil that caps the ceiling of any team he is on.
This is really sad news. If Morey is still here and he got involved in such 3 way deals, lets just assuming he actually wants Theis, I am 100% he will get couple second rounders from the Bulls and Lakers in this deal.
