“A lot of people don’t notice him”: Anthony Davis talks about Alex Caruso as the unsung hero for LA Lakers

“A lot of people don’t notice him”: Anthony Davis talks about Alex Caruso as the unsung hero for LA Lakers

Alex Caruso and LeBron James


Alex Caruso and LeBron James

Many a times in NBA and in general sports as well in the past as well, the main subject takes away the spotlight. Similarly, even when someone talks about the LA Lakers’ they give out the headline to LeBron James leading the pact. But Lakers marquee player Anthony Davis has just revealed the unsung hero of the side and it is none another than Alex Caruso. Recently Lakers’ big man Anthony Davis noticed Caruso as the silent weapon of the squad, thanks to veteran Jared Dudley.

Caruso has always performed well, yet has constantly remained under the shadow of the superstars. Since the bio-bubble playoffs to the previous win against the Boston Celtics, Caruso has always come from the bench to make a difference. Caruso registered the team’s highest, +14 in plus-minus mostly because of his amazing defense work even in clutch time.

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Anthony Davis on Alex Caruso

AD expressed in an interview, “He’s a smart player… not the highest paid, doesn’t have all the accolades and credentials, and a lot of people don’t notice him, but he plays the right way. He locks up defensively, makes tough shots, scrappy. I saw a stat, Dudz told me after the Detroit game that in our losses he’s a plus 46 in plus-minus or something like that, which just shows that any time you throw him on the floor he’s always in the plus column in plus-minus.” 

Alex is just into the fourth season of his career and has averaged somewhere between 5-6 points all through his career. However, the classic figures speak less of his importance than those advanced ones. In the Lakers’ recent championship run, the 6’4” guard had +3.8 plus-minus and +9.8 net rating. This year, he has bettered those already impressive figures to +6.3 plus-minus and +17.5 in net rating.

As AD further added, “He’s playing the right way, he’s affecting the game in a positive way. So for him to be out there in the closing lineup, we fully trust him, and he always comes up and makes big plays just like what you saw tonight at the end of the game.”

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