The Carushow Last Night

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wacarnolds said:

It warms my heart that just as a bunch of idiots in our fanbase decided to fake hate Alex, he turned into the GOAT's GOAT teammate


Someone needs to post this article so we all can read
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Or you could pay one dollar to read it.
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Carushow dealing on both ends of the deck
bert harbinson
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I hate to root for anything Lakers, but damn...gotta root for Alex.
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Three paragraphs:

'The Wall Street Journal's analysis included hundreds of players who shared the floor with James for significant time in a season since the NBA began tracking lineup data. Caruso was on the court with James for 560 minutesfewer than James played with other teammates but enough that the effects were not a statistical fluke.

The numbers were hard for Lakers coach Frank Vogel to ignore. Here is how their net rating with Caruso and James compared with his most dominant seasons with other teammates:

Alex Caruso (2020): +18.6
Dwyane Wade (2013): +14.4
Chris Bosh (2013): +12.8
Kevin Love (2016): +11.7
Kyrie Irving (2015): +11.6

Caruso was surprised by this. He was also curious. He wanted to know who else was high on the list. As it turned out, James's champi-onship teams were at their best when he shared the floor with Shane Battier, Mario Chalmers and Matthew Dellavedova, similarly unsung players who became valuable by embracing their roles. "That's pretty good company," Caruso said.'

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bert harbinson said:

I hate to root for anything Lakers, but damn...gotta root for Alex.
About 5 years ago, there was a long thread on this board with discussion of Caruso's chances of being on an NBA roster, and the majority opinion seemed to be 'No chance in hell'.

Now, last night, I was watching the Los Angeles Lakers playing a Western Conference Finals game, and it was Alex Caruso on the floor for the Lakers (along with LeBron James and Anthony Davis) in the closing seconds taking a 3-pointer with about 5 seconds left trying to make the game winning shot. Which he missed, leading to Anthony Davis making it instead 5 seconds later, but the guy is out there as a significant role player (and in their 'closers' lineup) on a team that is the favorite to win the NBA title. Quite a story how far Alex has come.
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Pumpkinhead said:

bert harbinson said:

I hate to root for anything Lakers, but damn...gotta root for Alex.
About 5 years ago, there was a long thread on this board with discussion of Caruso's chances of being on an NBA roster, and the majority opinion seemed to be 'No chance in hell'.

Now, last night, I was watching the Los Angeles Lakers playing a Western Conference Finals game, and it was Alex Caruso on the floor for the Lakers (along with LeBron James and Anthony Davis) in the closing seconds taking a 3-pointer with about 5 seconds left trying to make the game winning shot. Which he missed, leading to Anthony Davis making it instead 5 seconds later, but the guy is out there as a significant role player (and in their 'closers' lineup) on a team that is the favorite to win the NBA title. Quite a story how far Alex has come.

Nothing but pride for any Consol parent or booster. Alex took the hard road post-A&M, developed his outside shot to go along with his defense, passing, dribble drive, sneaky athleticism, court awareness and leveraged the brand new 2-way contracts FTW...now he's 1 win away from the NBA Finals.
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Going to the chip!
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Is Caruso going to be the first former Aggie player to play in an NBA Finals?
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Pumpkinhead said:

Is Caruso going to be the first former Aggie player to play in an NBA Finals?

Walt Davis won a title with the Philadelphia Warriors in 1956

Brooks Thompson lost in 95 to the Dream as part of Shaq's Orlando Magic
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Brooks didn't actually play in the finals, so Caruso would be the 2nd to step on the court.

And Walt scored 12 points over 5 games, so Caruso has a good shot at being the Ag's all time leading scoring in finals history by the time his career is over
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https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/alex-caruso-lakers-bench-lebron-james/1txktdib7g2731xrp0jmetr563?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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I love the respect Alex is getting in that article, but Acie is the greatest point guard in Texas A&M history.
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Caruso coming in hot tonight!
ctag76
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Tuned in last night. Thought I might watch the finals. Saw them kneel, including Caruso. Turned it off.
"But there's a spirit can ne'er be told ... It's the spirit of Aggieland."
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great story brah
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It started after your bedtime anyway, gramps.
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ctag76 said:

Tuned in last night. Thought I might watch the finals. Saw them kneel, including Caruso. Turned it off.
lol you know you tuned in to watch an NBA game in the bubble, right?

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and because we're talking about Caruso....

Maybe a few of us knew he belonged in the NBA, but I'm not sure there's one person in here who thought we'd see him getting significant minutes in an NBA Final.

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GrayMatter said:

and because we're talking about Caruso....

Maybe a few of us knew he belonged in the NBA, but I'm not sure there's one person in here who thought we'd see him getting significant minutes in an NBA Final.


That's good stuff!! Gig'em Ag!!
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wacarnolds said:

Brooks didn't actually play in the finals, so Caruso would be the 2nd to step on the court.

And Walt scored 12 points over 5 games, so Caruso has a good shot at being the Ag's all time leading scoring in finals history by the time his career is over
Caruso with 10 points in Game 1 last night. Looking good to soon be the Ag's all time leading scorer in NBA Finals history.
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Pumpkinhead said:

wacarnolds said:

Brooks didn't actually play in the finals, so Caruso would be the 2nd to step on the court.

And Walt scored 12 points over 5 games, so Caruso has a good shot at being the Ag's all time leading scoring in finals history by the time his career is over
Caruso with 10 points in Game 1 last night. Looking good to soon be the Ag's all time leading scorer in NBA Finals history.

We're gonna need a graphic similar to this for Alex by the end of the series

DukeMu
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Pumpkinhead said:

wacarnolds said:

Brooks didn't actually play in the finals, so Caruso would be the 2nd to step on the court.

And Walt scored 12 points over 5 games, so Caruso has a good shot at being the Ag's all time leading scoring in finals history by the time his career is over
Caruso with 10 points in Game 1 last night. Looking good to soon be the Ag's all time leading scorer in NBA Finals history.
Looked awesome. Just 2 games away from a championship ring!
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