Lakers former player Caruso won the second championship: 4 doubles in the finals + 20 points in 2 games. Does the Lakers regret it?

On June 23, as the oldest player in the Thunder formation, 31-year-old Caruso contributed 10 points, 3 rebounds and 3 steals to continue to perform well. He once again played the role of the sixth man on the Thunder bench, helping the Thunder win the tiebreak battle to win the championship. Caruso scored in double digits in four games in the finals this year, and scored 20 points in two games, becoming the sixth hero of the Thunder. After following the Lakers to win the championship in 2020, Caruso has now won the championship with the Thunder after five years. He has won two NBA championships so far in his career. It is naturally a good "slap" the Lakers who let him go in the face.

Caruso has been in the NBA for 8 seasons so far. He spent all his first four seasons with the Lakers and helped the Lakers win the championship in 2020 after ten years, which also allowed Caruso to win the first NBA career championship.

It was only in the summer of 2021 that the Lakers chose to renew Tucker's contract between Caruso and Tucker and let Caruso go to the Bulls. Caruso played for the Bulls for three seasons and switched to the Thunder this season. He helped the Thunder win the championship in his first season with the Thunder.

31-year-old Caruso is the oldest player in the Thunder and is also the only two player to reach the 30-year-old. Although Caruso averaged 7.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.6 steals in the regular season, his playoff data increased significantly, with an average of more than 9 points per game.

In the seven games of the finals, Caruso scored 20 points in two single games in the second and fourth games, setting the highest score in the career finals and playoffs. Caruso scored in double digits in 4 games in the finals. He scored in double digits again in the finals tiebreak battle, becoming the important sixth-man puzzle for the Thunder to win the championship.

Caruso is expected to seek a long contract with an annual salary of tens of millions of dollars this summer after his $9.89 million contract expires this season. There is no doubt that the Thunder will likely renew the contract and leave Caruso. Unless other teams give a big contract that the Thunder cannot match, Caruso once again proves his strength as a "golden supporting role". Will the Lakers regret letting him go in the past?