It’s a great time to be a Lakers fan!
Not only the team is tied for the best record in the league at the moment.
Not only they have Lebron James and Anthony Davis.
Not only it’s the Lakers who have revived Dwight Howard’s career.
They’ve made a bunch of good decisions in the offseason, but one decision gets greatly
overlooked.
Quite possibly, it was even better than signing Lebron James.
It’s possible that it was more important than trading for Anthony Davis.
There’s one catalyst behind the success of the Los Angeles Lakers and it’s the Bald
Mamba Baby.
Hey guys.
PRPLPRNCH with you again and today we take a look at the legend, who is STILL just 25
years old, yet BALD.
His name is Alex Carrrusssoo!
A little, bald baby was born on February 28th, 1994.
Rumor has it that he was already born with a basketball in his hands.
Nevertheless, his first real basketball experience came at A&M Consolidated High School in his
native College Station, Texas.
There, as a senior he averaged 18 points, 9 rebounds and 21 dates after his basketball
games.
When his popularity outgrew him, Caruso went on to college.
In Texas A&M he was a BALLER.
The bald thief averaged 2 steals per game and earned All-Defensive Team and second-team
ALL-SEC honors.
During his 4-year college career mamba averaged 8 points, 4.7 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 2
steals.
His college career included many highlights, mostly defensive, but still.
Caruso entered the 2016 NBA Draft, but them GMs, them dumb dumbs didn’t see the talent
I guess, so he went undrafted.
He joined the 76ers summer league team, and then signed with the Thunder but was waived
less than a month after.
He was later signed by Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA D-League.
Fast forward to 2017 and the Lakers tested Caruso on their summer league roster.
Many productive games and the Bald Mamba became the first player to go directly from D-League
to the NBA on a 2 way contract.
Caruso spent his 2017-18 season balancing from D-League and NBA.
In the D-League he was his spectacular-self and recorded a career high 57 efficiency rating
on December 12, 2017.
In the game against Sioux Falls Skyforce Caruso errupted for 41 points, 8 rebounds and 12
assists.
In the NBA, Caruso played 37 games, started 7 of them and in 15.2 minutes averaged 3.6
points and 2 assists.
He joined the Lakers again for the 2018 Summer League and got another two-way contract for
the 2018-2019 season.
Last year he played in 25 NBA games and just in 21.2 minutes averaged 9.2 points, 3.1 assists
and 2.7 rebounds.
Adding to his GOAT status, Caruso was the only other Laker last season , next to Lebron
James, to record a 30+ point, 10+ rebound and 5+ assist game.
There you go.
And not only that.
He became a fan favorite for his effort, hard-nose defense and his personality.
After a stellar 2018-19 season the Lakers fans were held in uncertainty.
Caruso’s two-way contract was up.
What will happen next?
We were 5 days into free agency and there was still no Caruso news.
There were some rumblings about him getting a max contract elsewhere, but the lore of
championship aspirations, Lakers fans and LA-LA Caruso decided to stay with the Lakers
on a two-year contract worth $5.5 million.
The Bald Millionaire he was now.
And the chances of Lakers winning the NBA championship got so much better.
I think this is one of the best signings of the off-season throughout the league and I
ain’t even kidding.
He’s so perfect in his role, he’s a team spirit, he carries a fanbase with him.
He defends.
He can hit a three.
He’s just what Lakers needed.
He’s become a prominent part of the Lakers rotation this year and throughout 20 games
this season the Bald Mamba is averaging 20 mpg, 5.1 points, 2 rebounds and 1.1 steals.
Lakers are winning, people are tweeting at Caruso, he has a bunch of new nicknames like
The Insurance Salesman, The Accountant, The Bald Eagle, The CaruShow.
Everyone’s happy.
At 6.5 and 185 pounds he’s a once in a lifetime athlete who really has revived the Lakers
this season.
The team is having fun, The Bald Mamba is having fun and more importantly we as fans,
get to enjoy an unlikely, legendary story of a regular looking dude competing for an
NBA championship.
Thank you, you, and you there too for watching the video.
What are your finest memories of Alex Caruso and where is the ceiling of his basketball
career?
How important do you think he is to the Lakers?
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And soon.
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