20 points, 6 assists, 5 breaks and 2 hats! Goals better than 40 points! This is why the Thunder gave him a big contract of 81 million

NBA is a league dominated by superstars. Only when the sea is flowing, can the hero be revealed, and even the wind and waves are rushing and rushing! Take this year's playoffs for example. Alexander of the Thunder, Hua Zi of the Timberwolves, Halliburton of the Pacers, Brunson of the Knicks, and Jokic of the Nuggets. The leaders of these teams all took super maximum salary contracts and all tried their best to lead the team forward! But it can be seen from Jokic's helpless exit that every champion team cannot do without the help of the character puzzle! For example, the Thunder, a popular champion in the championship, except for Alexander, Jaylenway, Chett, Harten, Dortmund, Wiggins, Jellingway, and Caruso are all tough characters! Especially Caruso, who works hard, dares to fight and fight, and has the championship DNA, which is so delicious!

Caruso is an unfortunate lucky man, his basketball career is full of wanderings! Turning time back to the 2016 NBA Draft, Caruso ran for the election with a dream of basketball, but failed! The Oxford Thunder signed him to training camp, but cut him before the new season began! It was not until the 2017 offseason that Caruso received an olive branch from the Los Angeles Lakers and officially started his NBA career. Caruso has been sharpening his sword for three years and made great achievements in the Lakers' 2019-20 championship season. However, the Lakers and Caruso had serious differences on the issue of renewal. Caruso was eager for a three-year, $30 million contract, while the Lakers were only willing to provide him with an annual salary of $7 million. He was eventually poached by the Bulls with a four-year, $37 million contract. After switching to the Bulls, Caruso was selected into the best defensive team of the year twice, but his top-notch championship puzzle was doomed to be in a panic and mediocre team like the Bulls. It was not until the Thunder brought Caruso back to the city where the dream began in the Gidi trade that we discovered how fragrant Caruso was. On Christmas Eve in 2024, the Thunder lost to the Celtics in the NBA North Finals and ranked second in the NBA Cup. However, the Thunder still gave it an expensive Christmas gift, with a four-year, $81 million in advance renewal. At that time, many people thought the Thunder were a little too hasty, but what happened later proved that Caruso was worthy of every penny he got.

The Thunder returned to the Western Conference Finals after 8 years. Caruso used his strength and experience to help the team, stunning the world again and again. So far, Caruso has played in 11 playoff games, averaging 22.4 minutes on the bench, averaging 9.3 points + 2.5 rebounds + 3.1 assists + 1.8 steals + 1.8 three-pointers, and his three-point shooting percentage is as high as 41.7%. Especially in this round of the Thunder vs. Nuggets, Caruso was ordered to create surprises on both sides of the offense and defense. Among them, in the G1 series, Caruso scored 20 points + 6 assists + 5 steals + blocks + 5 three-pointers. He became the first player in NBA playoff history to score at least 5 steals + 2 blocks + 5 three-pointers in a single game; in the tiebreak battle, Caruso scored 11 points + 3 assists + 3 steals, with a net victory of 40 points on the court, surpassing Ginobili, and becoming the substitute player with the highest plus-negative value in history.

Caruso won wide praise with his impeccable performance. As a mentor, the Thunder coach bluntly said: Caruso's textbook defense against Jokic is the key to our promotion; as a teammate, Alexander and Jaylenway said in unison: Caruso was born for the big scene, and he can always understand the essence of the game; as a bystander, NBA famous speaker Perkins bluntly said: Caruso is the MVP of the tiebreak battle! This is Caruso. His small body contains great power. He can create surprises on the offensive end and trustworthy on the defensive end. It is comparable to the textbook-level champion puzzle walking in the NBA arena. He always appears where the team needs him to appear. He can always stand up and solve the team's urgent needs! Perhaps, this is why the Thunder can't wait to give him a four-year, $81 million contract in the middle of the season. Fans, what do you think about this? Let me leave me a comment and discuss it.