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Alex Caruso: Signing extension with OKC ‘would be awesome’
Caruso was thrilled to be dealt back to the franchise where he began his pro career … if admittedly “caught off guard” when he first heard about the deal. He simply insists now, in true Thunder fashion, that he has nothing on his mind other than helping Oklahoma City compete for this season’s crown and championships beyond. Yet he did allow that locking in a four-year future with this group “would be awesome.”
Source: marcstein.substack.com
Source: marcstein.substack.com
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Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
New Locked on #Thunder Podcast:
🏀 Gutsy win over Miami
🏀 Jalen Williams bounce back game
🏀 Isaiah Hartenstein’s difference
🏀 Alex Caruso getting comfortable
🏀 SGA’s MVP Showing
#ThunderUp #FirstListen:
linktr.ee/LockedOnThunder pic.x.com/fkXT4oFVo3 – 11:58 PM 
New Locked on #Thunder Podcast:
🏀 Gutsy win over Miami
🏀 Jalen Williams bounce back game
🏀 Isaiah Hartenstein’s difference
🏀 Alex Caruso getting comfortable
🏀 SGA’s MVP Showing
#ThunderUp #FirstListen:
linktr.ee/LockedOnThunder pic.x.com/fkXT4oFVo3 – 11:58 PM
Royce Young @royceyoung
Thunder beat the Heat 104-97. Seventh straight win for OKC.
– Dub: 33-6-4
– SGA: 25-7-4 + 2 steals
– Dort: 14 and 2 steals (4-5 from 3)
– Hartenstein: 13 and 18 rebounds
– Caruso: 4 pts, 3 rbs, 5 asts, 2 stls, 2 blks
Just a monstrously impressive performance from OKC. – 10:30 PM
Thunder beat the Heat 104-97. Seventh straight win for OKC.
– Dub: 33-6-4
– SGA: 25-7-4 + 2 steals
– Dort: 14 and 2 steals (4-5 from 3)
– Hartenstein: 13 and 18 rebounds
– Caruso: 4 pts, 3 rbs, 5 asts, 2 stls, 2 blks
Just a monstrously impressive performance from OKC. – 10:30 PM
Royce Young @royceyoung
Hartenstein makes such a major impact rebounding, and not only from the ones he gets, but the ones he keeps alive. Contested that one and allowed Caruso to hawk it down. – 10:21 PM
Hartenstein makes such a major impact rebounding, and not only from the ones he gets, but the ones he keeps alive. Contested that one and allowed Caruso to hawk it down. – 10:21 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Fantastic ball movement by OKC, Shai fires it to Caruso in the dunker spot with a touch pass to Jalen Williams for 3. Goes a long way in the Thunder nursing this lead. – 10:19 PM
Fantastic ball movement by OKC, Shai fires it to Caruso in the dunker spot with a touch pass to Jalen Williams for 3. Goes a long way in the Thunder nursing this lead. – 10:19 PM
Fred Katz @FredKatz
How the Jimmy Butler-Phoenix saga would work…
How Alex Caruso’s shooting funk is affecting the Thunder…
How one role player is transforming free-throw rebounding…
That and more in this week’s around-the-NBA notebook: nytimes.com/athletic/60081… pic.x.com/A4mBZAt3Lz – 10:30 AM 
How the Jimmy Butler-Phoenix saga would work…
How Alex Caruso’s shooting funk is affecting the Thunder…
How one role player is transforming free-throw rebounding…
That and more in this week’s around-the-NBA notebook: nytimes.com/athletic/60081… pic.x.com/A4mBZAt3Lz – 10:30 AM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
New Locked on #Thunder Podcast with @BrandonRahbar:
🏀 Thunder Beat Magic
🏀 SGA was excellent
🏀 Any Jalen Williams offensive concerns?
🏀 Isaiah Hartenstein was big
🏀 Alex Caruso getting it going?
#ThunderUp #FirstListen:
linktr.ee/LockedOnThunder pic.x.com/UBjXz2yrAQ – 11:57 PM 
New Locked on #Thunder Podcast with @BrandonRahbar:
🏀 Thunder Beat Magic
🏀 SGA was excellent
🏀 Any Jalen Williams offensive concerns?
🏀 Isaiah Hartenstein was big
🏀 Alex Caruso getting it going?
#ThunderUp #FirstListen:
linktr.ee/LockedOnThunder pic.x.com/UBjXz2yrAQ – 11:57 PM
Royce Young @royceyoung
Thunder beat the Magic 105-99. Bounce back win after a week in Vegas.
– SGA: 35-4-6 + 4 steals
– Hartenstein: 12-12-3 + 4 steals
– Dub: 11 and 7 assists
– Caruso: 11 and 3 rebounds + 4 steals
– Wiggins: 11 and 2 steals – 9:33 PM
Thunder beat the Magic 105-99. Bounce back win after a week in Vegas.
– SGA: 35-4-6 + 4 steals
– Hartenstein: 12-12-3 + 4 steals
– Dub: 11 and 7 assists
– Caruso: 11 and 3 rebounds + 4 steals
– Wiggins: 11 and 2 steals – 9:33 PM
Cody Taylor @CodyTaylorNBA
End of 3Q | Thunder 82, Magic 74
Gilgeous-Alexander: 31 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds
Caruso: 11 points
Bitadze: 13 points, 9 rebounds
Da Silva: 12 points – 8:59 PM
End of 3Q | Thunder 82, Magic 74
Gilgeous-Alexander: 31 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds
Caruso: 11 points
Bitadze: 13 points, 9 rebounds
Da Silva: 12 points – 8:59 PM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Alex Caruso has been big for OKC tonight.
Caruso is OKC’s 2nd leading scorer with 11 points. He’s hit 3/6 from 3 and has 3 steals. He’s a team-high +15. – 8:55 PM
Alex Caruso has been big for OKC tonight.
Caruso is OKC’s 2nd leading scorer with 11 points. He’s hit 3/6 from 3 and has 3 steals. He’s a team-high +15. – 8:55 PM
Evan Dunlap @BQRMagic
smart play from Anthony Black. Saw Alex Caruso sitting on Moe Wagner’s screen, cut into the space and finished off a great pass from Wagner. – 7:40 PM
smart play from Anthony Black. Saw Alex Caruso sitting on Moe Wagner’s screen, cut into the space and finished off a great pass from Wagner. – 7:40 PM
More on this storyline
Golden State, as one recent example, offered multiple first-round draft picks for Caruso at last February’s trade deadline and was even willing to part with Moses Moody, along with other players, sources said, in a trade construction that could have also landed Torrey Craig and Andre Drummond with Golden State. That’s the same Moody, of course, who came to terms with the Warriors on a Caruso-esque contract extension in October: $39 million over three years. -via marcstein.substack.com / December 21, 2024
“Obviously this is a place that I think is ascending and that’s something I want to be a part of,” Caruso told me. “That’s why I’m here. I think the writing is on the wall. People don’t trade for guys in the last year of their contracts unless they expect to keep ’em for a while. “That’s just the business part of it. So I’m looking forward to having that conversation with Sam [Presti]. Everything that the Thunder stand for are things that I stand for. I think their focus, their drives and desires, are the same as mine. It’s been a good fit and I’m looking forward to hopefully a couple more years.” That roughly $20 million average annual value that Caruso is eligible for is a ballpark that he and his side of the negotiations would naturally welcome. -via marcstein.substack.com / December 21, 2024
“I don’t think it’s a personal issue because we’ve played on Christmas nine times,” Thunder president Sam Presti said after the schedule was revealed. “We have to earn it … we’ve got to go out there and show them we’re capable.” Presti, who has run the team since 2007, is known for his culture-setting. As a franchise tenet, the Thunder preach humility, seem to actively avoid attention, and by league standards don’t talk that much trash. “We’re a young team and a lot of times in the league you have to earn your stripes, you really don’t get given anything,” said guard Alex Caruso. “For us, it isn’t about how loud you are. It’s about getting the job done.” -via ESPN / December 18, 2024
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