Bulls sign Alex Caruso - 4 years, $37 million

Post #61 » by **kulaz3000** » Tue Aug 3, 2021 12:29 am

Another solid asset who is still in his mid-20's, on a fairly decent contract. Even if you consider it an overpay, it's marginal at worst, and definitely a contract which could be moved easily.

AK really showing something.

AKfanatic · Post #62 » by **AKfanatic** » Tue Aug 3, 2021 12:29 am

AK making sure Lebron doesn’t get any more championships, I like it…..

jStuNNa · Post #63 » by **jStuNNa** » Tue Aug 3, 2021 12:30 am

thedarkstark wrote:I know Sato and Temple are gone but the Backcourt is a bit crowded, with Ball and Ayo joining the fold, wouldn't be surprised to see a trade happening to bring in front court help. Coby might be on the move.

You can play Ayo at SF because of his wingspan.

nomorezorro · Post #64 » by **nomorezorro** » Tue Aug 3, 2021 12:30 am

caruso / zach / lonzo / pat / vuc starting lineup, coby off the bench. i don't see anything incongruous there

sco · Post #65 » by **sco** » Tue Aug 3, 2021 12:30 am

thedarkstark wrote:I know Sato and Temple are gone but the Backcourt is a bit crowded, with Ball and Ayo joining the fold, wouldn't be surprised to see a trade happening to bring in front court help. Coby might be on the move.

Valentine and Arci are gone. I see:

Ball, Caruso, Ayo
Lavine, White, Ayo

That's a good young rotation.

JimmyButler21 · Post #66 » by **JimmyButler21** » Tue Aug 3, 2021 12:30 am

Evil_Headband wrote:He’s restricted, right? Lakers match?

He's a UFA

ChiCitySPORTS#1 · Post #67 » by **ChiCitySPORTS#1** » Tue Aug 3, 2021 12:31 am

Hm - seems kind of random tbh. Did we even need him? Not really

MGB8 · Post #68 » by **MGB8** » Tue Aug 3, 2021 12:31 am

The Daniel Theis of guards?

bad knees · Post #69 » by **bad knees** » Tue Aug 3, 2021 12:31 am

Evil_Headband wrote:He’s restricted, right? Lakers match?

Spotrac said he is a UFA. Wow!

Post #70 » by **kulaz3000** » Tue Aug 3, 2021 12:32 am

The greatest thing about Caruso's game is that he gets after it on the defensive end.

Just like at our guards, they are all roughly the same height, so they should be switching like crazy, and now we have two capable defensive guards. Now we just need to somehow retain Thies, and this team is looking like a playoff team.

FriedRise · Post #71 » by **FriedRise** » Tue Aug 3, 2021 12:32 am

Read on Twitter

WindyCityBorn · Post #72 » by **WindyCityBorn** » Tue Aug 3, 2021 12:33 am

PaKii94 wrote:
mtron32 wrote:I would've preferred they find a way to keep Theis....

We can still sign theis cause we have his rights

We NEED to keep him. Only enforcer on the roster.

ch434355 · Post #73 » by **ch434355** » Tue Aug 3, 2021 12:33 am

ChiCitySPORTS#1 wrote:Hm - seems kind of random tbh. Did we even need him? Not really

We need defense a lot

WindyCityBorn · Post #74 » by **WindyCityBorn** » Tue Aug 3, 2021 12:33 am

FriedRise wrote:

Read on Twitter

Elite defender and can hit the 3. OK.

PaKii94 · Post #75 » by **PaKii94** » Tue Aug 3, 2021 12:33 am

FriedRise wrote:

Read on Twitter

Damn I didn't think he was that good of a defender. Looks like a great pickup to put next to Lavine/coby

LateNight · Post #76 » by **LateNight** » Tue Aug 3, 2021 12:34 am

I WENT FOR DINNER AND WHAT THE F**K HAPPENED???

Post #77 » by **BrooklynBulls** » Tue Aug 3, 2021 12:35 am

nomorezorro wrote:caruso / zach / lonzo / pat / vuc starting lineup, coby off the bench. i don't see anything incongruous there

You really dont want to play caruso, lonzo, and pat at the same time. As it stands now, id rathet start coby at the 2, and keep caruso for the bench. We’ll see.

nomorezorro · Post #78 » by **nomorezorro** » Tue Aug 3, 2021 12:35 am

caruso kind of feels like if you toggled sato's skill points to exchange playmaking for defense

seems like he's probably only a wide-open-threes guy if he's shooting 40% on a team with lebron that badly needed spacing but only getting up a couple of attempts per game. still, we're gonna be able to go five-out next year, which is nice

dawhizz · Post #79 » by **dawhizz** » Tue Aug 3, 2021 12:35 am

This signing might be worth it just for the Lakers fans legit crying about it.

Ayt · Post #80 » by **Ayt** » Tue Aug 3, 2021 12:36 am

I'm a huge fan of the Bald Mamba. Great signing!