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Return to the finals earlier than James and Mei! When the Lakers were asked to have 30 million yuan in three years, he was rejected, teammate: Goat
4:47pm, 9 June 2025【Basketball】
On June 9, many fans are probably already aware of the results of the finals between the Pacers and the Thunder. Relying on the outstanding performance of all the players, the Thunder finally defeated the Pacers 123-107. In this game, the Pacers scored in double digits. They played their due performance, but failed to stop the Thunder's iron hoof. In fact, after watching today's game, everyone should understand that as long as the Thunder performs steadily in this round of series, they will still have the greatest chance of winning.
Alexander scored 34 points, 8 assists and 4 steals in this game, and scored a total of 72 points in the first two games of his career finals, setting a historical record. At the same time, he scored 30+5 assists in a single season, tied with Jordan and James to be the first in history. The biggest difference between the Thunder and the Pacers is that the Thunder has a stable scoring core, which is an ability that Halliburton and Sika do not have. As long as the Pacers' substitute cannot help the team play an advantage, then they are likely to not be able to get benefits from the Thunder. This is the first game of the
series. If it weren't for the substitute, the Pacers would not have had the final chance of winning. However, in the G2 series, the Thunder's substitutes also found their due level. Aaron Wiggins scored 18 points and 4 rebounds. He and Isaiahjo had one of them to shoot, and Caruso provided a stable performance. Whether on both offense and defense, Caruso could always use his initiative to help the team. In this game, Caruso scored 20 points and 3 rebounds in the whole game, plus or negative value +6.
Caruso has performed very well throughout the playoffs. He proved that he is worthy of the Thunder's contract extension. He averaged 9.6 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.7 steals per game in 23 minutes. He has a three-point shooting percentage of 41.6%, and can make 1.8 three-pointers per game. Caruso's net efficiency reached a terrifying 16. The team won 16 points in the field in a hundred rounds. He always tirelessly helped the team on both offense and defense.
After the game, the reporter asked quipped why Caruso was 31 years old and still maintained such abundant energy. Chet responded: Don’t belittle our Goat like this. This is a bit interesting, and the teammates directly praised Caruso as Goat. In an interview after the game, Caruso talked about the issue of receiving a lot of congratulations after entering the finals. He said: During this period, he always met many acquaintances and said congratulations to me. I really don’t want them to say such things before the end of the series, because we are not an achievement before winning the championship.
Judging from the current situation, the Thunder is highly likely to win the championship, and Caruso will have the opportunity to win the second championship trophy in his career. He and Zhan Mei won the championship for 20 years, but Zhan Mei have broken up to this day. They have not reached the finals again. Instead, Caruso returns to the top of the league again. Seeing such a result, I don’t know what Pelinka and Jenny Buss will think.
After today's game, many Lakers fans expressed dissatisfaction with Pelinka's operations, because Caruso didn't want to leave, he was forced away by the team. Caruso faced a contract renewal in the 21st offseason. At that time, he wanted to stay in the Lakers. The price was not high. A three-year contract of 30 million yuan, a player who just made a fortune, and there were many teams outside who were willing to give him a larger contract, Caruso only had such a contract.
But the Lakers didn't want to give it. They only gave an insulting offer of 2 years and 15 million yuan. In the end, Caruso agreed to the Bulls' four-year contract of 36 million yuan. After this, Caruso also talked about this. He said it sincerely. He wanted to make money and was willing to sacrifice some salary to stay in the team, but the Lakers did not do so. What makes people even more disappointing is that the Lakers actually signed a three-year, 32 million contract extension with Tucker.
In the eyes of the Lakers at that time, Tucker was more valuable than Caruso, but the facts proved that they were misleading. After the team straightened Tucker, this person's athletic ability was no worse than Caruso and his wingspan was even more terrifying, but his ball deal was far worse than Caruso. Later, the Lakers also realized that he was a garbage contract and sent him to the Jazz, otherwise they would lose their hands. Compared to Caruso, who is now popular among all teams, Tucker is nowhere to be bad.
To be honest, we don’t dare to imagine how outstanding Caruso would be if he stayed in the Lakers. In terms of the playoffs, his value will definitely be higher than Little Li. Although Reeves has strong scoring ability, he will be the opponent’s roster in the playoffs, a perfect cash machine, while Caruso is an existence that his opponent dares to face. And the news now is that the Lakers are now cautious about Reeves' deal, because their loss of Caruso has become a lesson for them.
There is a saying that Reeves is not a puzzle for the championship at all. He is indeed very outstanding, but he cannot stay in the championship. Speaking of which, what do you want to say about the current Lakers and Caruso? Welcome to leave a message for discussion.
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