Lakers Most Wanted player Anthony Davis Placed On Reserve/Injury list After Being Shot…
Former Los Angeles Lakers guard Alex Caruso announced his engagement to Haleigh Broucher in a joint social media post Saturday. The post featured beachside pictures of the couple celebrating their engagement.
Caruso played for the Lakers from 2017-21 after he went undrafted out of Texas A&M. He originally signed a two-way contract with the Lakers and spent time in the G League, but eventually emerged as a significant role player. He later signed a two-year, $5.5 million deal with the Lakers in 2019, and helped Los Angeles bring home the NBA Finals championship in 2020.
He signed the contract coming off a 2018-19 season in which he averaged 9.2 points, 3.1 assists, and 2.7 rebounds in 25 games. This was his highest points per game average during his time as a Laker.
Caruso and James played alongside each other for three seasons with the Lakers after James signed with the Lakers prior to the 2018-19 season.
Caruso would spend one more season with the Lakers following their championship victory, before he signed with the Chicago Bulls as a free agent. Since leaving the Lakers, Caruso has emerged as a starter, starting as many as 57 games a season ago.
Last season, Caruso averaged double-digit points per game for the first time in his career, finishing the season with 10.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 3.5 assists per game. Caruso has also become a strong defender, earning NBA All-Defensive first team honors in 2023, and then second team honors this season.
After spending three seasons with the Chicago Bulls, Caruso is heading to his third team. Caruso was traded this offseason to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for Josh Giddey.
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Former Lakers MVP Preaches Fan Patience For JJ Redick’s Debut Season….
Los Angeles Lakers team vice president of basketball operations/general manager Rob Pelinka oversaw the third head coaching hire (and fourth head coach) of his front office career with the Purple and Gold this summer, ditching ex-head coach Darvin Ham after just two seasons in favor of former 15-year shooting guard-turned-ESPN/ABC analyst JJ Redick. Coincidentally (okay, not really), Redick also co-hosted the short-lived “Mind The Game” podcast with the Lakers’ most important player, 20-time All-NBA combo forward LeBron James.
A Lakers legend, former three-time MVP, five-time champion and 12-time All-Star point guard Magic Johnson, appears to be cautiously optimistic about Redick’s long-term fit in his new role. Redick, 40, has never served as a head coach or assistant coach at the NBA or NCAA or even high school level.
Redick is tasked with improving Los Angeles from a good-not-great 2023-24 run. Stars James and All-NBA Second Team center Anthony Davis both added All-NBA and All-Star appearances to their CV’s (as well as an All-Defensive Team for Davis) and the club finished with a 47-35 record, better than its 43-39 run in 2022-23 that ended with a Western Conference Finals appearance. The 2023-24 vintage wasn’t quite so lucky, finishing with the eighth-best record in the league but the seventh seed, thanks to a play-in tournament game victory over the 49-33 New Orleans Pelicans to leapfrog that squad in the West standings.
During a new sitdown with Sports Central LA’s Jim Hill, Johnson asked fans to give Redick significant leeway during his inaugural season as an NBA coach.
James and Davis both looked like two of the best players in the 2024 Paris Olympic games. James earned tournament MVP honors, while Davis very clearly outplayed Philadelphia 76ers MVP center Joel Embiid, Team USA’s starting five. The Americans won their fifth consecutive gold medal at the event.