Alex Caruso embraces newfound role as a shooter to help the Bulls' needs

Caruso accepts the role he has to adapt with the Chicago Bulls.

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Throughout hie came into the league as an underdog, Alex Caruso made a name for himself. A.C., who is now in his third season with the Chicago Bulls alongside DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, and Nikola Vucevic, knows his teammates' demands for ball touches and possessions. As a result, he changed himself to an off-ball player, emphasizing spot-up shooting on the offensive side.

As such, he indeed made such success in his newfound offensive role. In 2023-24, Carushow has been locked and loaded from the outside by connecting 42.4 percent of his three-point shots via a career-best 3.8 attempts per game. Thanks to this, he is also in the best scoring season of his seven-year NBA career with 9.8 markers.

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Adapt for the sake of winning

While he savors his sweet shooting this year for the Bulls, Alex admitted that it wasn't an easy transition for him to fulfill it just like the past adjustments he made in his basketball career.

But for as long as it builds winning and success, the veteran is all in and fully professional for the constant changes.

“It’s difficult,” Caruso said, via The Chicago Tribune. “It’s not something that’s easy to do. But for me — being in the position that I am in the league where I had to try and find my way in and then find different roles — it’s about being malleable. It’s about being able to adjust at any given point in my career depending on where I’m at, who’s on the team I’m with, if I’m asked to do different things. And that’s part of what creates value.”

A commendable embrace to contribute to the team

Coach Billy Donovan served as one of the key proponents in Caruso's heightened emphasis on three-point shooting, considering the missed opportunities he observed from the entire team in the previous season.

Now, he is happy that the 29-year-old is finally stepping up with confidence to provide building blocks in Chicago's new winning ways.

“When guys watch film, they can see, ‘OK, this is probably one I should take,’” Donovan said. “It speaks to the unselfishness of our group. ... But shooting comes down to comfort. You need guys feeling like they’re in rhythm where they feel comfortable shooting it. I think Alex also felt last year that there were opportunities that he bypassed.”

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