[Charania] Oklahoma City Thunder two-time NBA All-Defensive Team guard Alex Caruso has agreed to a four-year, $81 million contract extension with the franchise, his agent Greg Lawrence of Wasserman told ESPN.
December 22, 2024
[Charania] Oklahoma City Thunder two-time NBA All-Defensive Team guard Alex Caruso has agreed to a four-year, $81 million contract extension with the franchise, his agent Greg Lawrence of Wasserman told ESPN.
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good work by Caruso and his agent here
Congrats AC 🥺
Well deserved. Stay healthy pls
Hot take this is gonna be a not great contract
He’s been such a good addition for us. His impact on the defensive side of the ball is night and day
This year and next are key for okc especially contract wise. I think its between them and the celtics this year and probably next but the contracts are going to become a big problem once jdub and chet hit their maxes
What does OKC’s cap picture look like right now?
Yall can say what you want but I’ve watched every game this year and his defense is still insane and he’s a huge reason why this defense is number 1. Down year shooting sure, but he was always gonna get this money on any team.
Edit: has to add he’s a huge reason why we’re number 1 in defense
My beautiful bald eagle deserves this 🙏🏼
Let’s see if its fully guaranteed.
Bulls legend.
Happy for AC.
Glad to see my boy AC get the bag.
I’m still annoyed that we let him leave and I still miss him.
Hell yeah, happy it’s official. This is exactly what we saw coming, since it was his max extension number. He’s been awesome defensively and is a big reason why the defense has been so elite even with Chet out and when Dort sits.
Bald man gets paid
It was obvious this was agreed to verbally months ago
Gives us a good player now and a tradable salary chunk in the future
Caruso deserve this. He took less than his worth for the bulls and was even willing to take even less for Lakers. How Lakers FO fumble this I have no clue
If anyone deserves the bag, it’s Carushow. Miss him on the Lakers, but I’m glad things are working out for him
bald man gets paid
Good for Caruso. Great defender but his offensive numbers are disgusting. OKC definitely did this for future trade flexibility.
I like AC a lot, but with the second apron these days 20 per year can end up really hurting if you end up on the wrong side of it
Lakers offered him $6m but Bronny $8m
OKC are so damn stack for years to come
Great deal. People calling it an overpay are either not familiar with modern contracts or have zero clue how good he’s been and just watch box scores
Closing 5 of Sga, Caruso, jwill, Chet, ihart is scary
Remember when he was a meme for the Lakers?
The Carushow must go on, congratulations the our bald mamba. Glad he’s in okc because I know they’ll appreciate him.
Guys will see this and say hell yeah.
Good for him.
well damn congrats
I’m so happy for him. We miss you.
Get that bag GOAT. Miss him in LA 🙁
He deserves it
Great deal for AC and OKC. But this is largely why the Bulls couldn’t keep him.. if we did extend him, we’d just waste his years.
Lakers really let go of this defensive demon lol
Get the bag sweet prince. Lakers did ya dirty
Haven’t watched that many Thunder games this season. How well had he been playing?
Congrats AC
Glad that you are with an org that appreciates you as you are
Fuck you Rob Pelinka and Jeanie for being cheap
First team all role player
Lakers are morons for not paying him…. Rihanna was even willing to take the Carushow and they didn’t leverage that angle
And to think he wanted to stay with the Lakers and is everything they need and yet they fumbled,kept THT and fell down a tunnel to bumbling franchise
loved AC on the Bulls, his defense is a game changer.
Remember GMs, Sam Presti calls you, hang up immediately
two good contracts for solid play. AC is a player I’d be happy to pay for if i was an owner
Man i really wish i’d continue playing and training basketball when i was around 15 and on. Seeing such examples and the amount of money some of these players get…wow.
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good work by Caruso and his agent here
Congrats AC 🥺
Well deserved. Stay healthy pls
Hot take this is gonna be a not great contract
He’s been such a good addition for us. His impact on the defensive side of the ball is night and day
This year and next are key for okc especially contract wise. I think its between them and the celtics this year and probably next but the contracts are going to become a big problem once jdub and chet hit their maxes
What does OKC’s cap picture look like right now?
Yall can say what you want but I’ve watched every game this year and his defense is still insane and he’s a huge reason why this defense is number 1. Down year shooting sure, but he was always gonna get this money on any team.
Edit: has to add he’s a huge reason why we’re number 1 in defense
My beautiful bald eagle deserves this 🙏🏼
Let’s see if its fully guaranteed.
Bulls legend.
Happy for AC.
Glad to see my boy AC get the bag.
I’m still annoyed that we let him leave and I still miss him.
Hell yeah, happy it’s official. This is exactly what we saw coming, since it was his max extension number. He’s been awesome defensively and is a big reason why the defense has been so elite even with Chet out and when Dort sits.
Bald man gets paid
It was obvious this was agreed to verbally months ago
Gives us a good player now and a tradable salary chunk in the future
If the salary cap [sticks around the same apron levels](https://www.nba.com/news/nba-salary-cap-set-2024-25-season) etc and OKC makes no additional moves then [their total payroll comes to around $176 mil next season](https://www.basketball-reference.com/contracts/OKC.html) so still not even over the first apron, I think? That’s kinda crazy if so
THT will be turning the corner any day now
Caruso deserve this. He took less than his worth for the bulls and was even willing to take even less for Lakers. How Lakers FO fumble this I have no clue
If anyone deserves the bag, it’s Carushow. Miss him on the Lakers, but I’m glad things are working out for him
bald man gets paid
Good for Caruso. Great defender but his offensive numbers are disgusting. OKC definitely did this for future trade flexibility.
I like AC a lot, but with the second apron these days 20 per year can end up really hurting if you end up on the wrong side of it
Lakers offered him $6m but Bronny $8m
OKC are so damn stack for years to come
Great deal. People calling it an overpay are either not familiar with modern contracts or have zero clue how good he’s been and just watch box scores
Closing 5 of Sga, Caruso, jwill, Chet, ihart is scary
Remember when he was a meme for the Lakers?
The Carushow must go on, congratulations the our bald mamba. Glad he’s in okc because I know they’ll appreciate him.
Guys will see this and say hell yeah.
Good for him.
well damn congrats
I’m so happy for him. We miss you.
Get that bag GOAT. Miss him in LA 🙁
He deserves it
Great deal for AC and OKC. But this is largely why the Bulls couldn’t keep him.. if we did extend him, we’d just waste his years.
Lakers really let go of this defensive demon lol
Get the bag sweet prince. Lakers did ya dirty
Haven’t watched that many Thunder games this season. How well had he been playing?
Congrats AC
Glad that you are with an org that appreciates you as you are
Fuck you Rob Pelinka and Jeanie for being cheap
First team all role player
Lakers are morons for not paying him…. Rihanna was even willing to take the Carushow and they didn’t leverage that angle
And to think he wanted to stay with the Lakers and is everything they need and yet they fumbled,kept THT and fell down a tunnel to bumbling franchise
loved AC on the Bulls, his defense is a game changer.
Remember GMs, Sam Presti calls you, hang up immediately
two good contracts for solid play. AC is a player I’d be happy to pay for if i was an owner
Man i really wish i’d continue playing and training basketball when i was around 15 and on. Seeing such examples and the amount of money some of these players get…wow.