Texas A&M alumnus Alex Caruso is a new member of the Oklahoma City Thunder following a trade from the Chicago Bulls.
After breaking the news Thursday, ESPN senior NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski compared the deal to when the Golden State Warriors signed small forward Andre Iguodala in July 2013.
“Oklahoma City has been in pursuit, along with a lot of other teams around in the league, of Alex Caruso for years! They see him fitting seamlessly into their team that was the No. 1 seed in the west,” Wojnarowski told Elle Duncan on SportsCenter. “They’re going to have the best on-ball defense in the league.
“They see Caruso comparable to what the Golden State Warriors did 11 years ago bringing in Andre Iguodala at about the same development point in each organization, both players 30-years-old.”
Iguodala won 2015 NBA Finals MVP and four championships in the Bay Area. Like Caruso thus far, he was selected to two NBA All-Defensive teams, the first squad in 2014 and the second unit in 2011 with the Philadelphia 76ers.
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— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 20, 2024