Until now, I can't figure out why the Lakers want to let Caruso go?
A preseason brush, a championship-level puzzle, the Lakers did not even hesitate, directly to Talon Horton Tucker, sent a 3-year, 30.78 million US dollar contract, not that Tucker is not good, after all, he is only 21 years old, but the Lakers are different from other teams, they are going to compete for the championship, empty potential can not be cashed, what is the use?
On the other hand, Caruso, the 27-year-old may have already reached the talent ceiling, but in the past few seasons, he has proved with practical actions that he is the most suitable puzzle for the Lakers system, but even so, the Lakers are only willing to open a mini middle class, and the final result is that Lakers fans watch the Bulls poach Caruso with a 4-year, 36 million contract.
It's not that Caruso is here, the Lakers can change the current situation, but at least compared to Tucker, Caruso is indeed much more fragrant, and it is an all-round, multi-angle crush, list a few sets of data to compare.
On the offensive end, the best of both sides is to play conversions, accounting for 20% of the role, Tower accounted for 21.5%, Caruso 19.9%, but in terms of efficiency, the two can be too different, Tucker can only get 1.03 points per round, ahead of 36.1% of players, Caruso is 1.16 points, ahead of the league's 60.4% players;
Tucker accounted for 24.8% of the time, 0.87 points per round, ahead of the players in the league 24.9%, Caruso accounted for 35.8%, 1.04 points per round, 63.4% ahead of the league;
Tucker scored 5.6 percent of the game, leading 65.4 percent of the league's players, and Caruso, who scored 1.50 points per round, ahead of the league's 88.5 percent of players;
It can be seen that in terms of no-ball scoring, Caruso finished Tucker, whose only advantage is that he can occasionally play a dozen balls, such as blocking the attack, accounting for 19.5%, but the efficiency of 0.68 points per round is not much higher than Caruso's 0.62 points, all of which are 25% of the players in the league.
Next, looking at the organization, Tucker can reach 19% of the use rate, the assist rate is only 14.1%, the assist rate is only 17.4%, and Caruso, in the case of less than 14% of the use rate, handed over a 19.1% assist rate, the assist rate of 31.4%, ranking 18th in the league, higher than Rubio, Conley, Dinwiddie and other star-level defenders.
Compared with defense, tucker is younger and has better static talent, but his defensive experience and sense of smell can not be compared with Caruso, every 36 minutes, Tucker can only deliver 1.3 steals, while Caruso, is 2.6 times, a full double.
There is also their effect in three-point defense, against Tucker's defense, the opponent's shooting rate will increase from 35% to 41.2%, and Caruso, last season, his data was from 36.7%, increased to 37.2%, but this season, Caruso directly incarnated the outside line, can make the opponent's three-point shooting rate from 35.2%, down to 28.4%, which can be ranked 14th among players who have defended at least 100 rounds in the league, compared with the previous season, a full increase of 300 (316).
Finally, take a look at their role in the team.
When Tucker is on the floor, the Lakers net loss to the opponent by 4.0 points per 100 rounds, and when he is not on the floor, the Lakers have to net outsize the opponent by 0.2 points per 100 rounds;
When Caruso is on the floor, the Bulls have a net 8.4 points per 100 possessions, while when he is present, the Bulls have a net loss of 0.6 points per 100 possessions;
Incidentally, Tucker can earn $9.5 million a year this season, while Caruso, who is only $8.6 million.
Such a comparison can be found that whether it is no-ball scoring, organization, defense, or team role, Caruso must beat Tucker, although he is not the core of the Bulls, but on the way to the team rushing to the first place in the East, Caruso's contribution is also obvious and indelible.