Thunder Trade Josh Giddey for Alex Caruso

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  • Опубліковано 18 лис 2024

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  • @brodiestephens419
    @brodiestephens419 5 місяців тому +44

    I'M IN SHAMBLES. I'm an Australian hoops nerd who came to the Thunder as soon as they picked Giddey.
    I haven't missed a single Thunder Preseason, Summer League, or NBA game since that 2021 draft.
    I came to OKC for Giddey, but fell in love with the rest of the team, Sam Presti, Mark Daigneault.... AND the Down to Dunk Podcast. 😭😭
    I'll still listen to Down to Dunk, and I'll still be cheering for the Thunder.... but I guess I have to be a Bulls fan now, too. 😞
    I was a Bulls fan back in the 90s when I fell in love with the NBA... but this version of the Bulls isn't quite as exciting as back in the MJ days. 😅😅
    I'm so emotionally torn. Hahahaha..... waaaaah. 🙂🙃🫠🥲

    • @EveryoneNeedsASmile
      @EveryoneNeedsASmile 5 місяців тому +8

      Follow your heart. The NBA isn't real life, nor is it fake. The NBA is what you want out of it. Be a Giddey fan, be a Thunder fan. Heck, start following a local team outside the NBA. It's fine to be conflicted, but also understand no one is making you take a side. Just see where your Fandom takes you, and embrace it.

    • @Aussie_OKC_fan
      @Aussie_OKC_fan 5 місяців тому +5

      Me too mate! I'm still going to be a thunder fan for sure. Will follow Giddey still too. Feel a bit bad for Giddey going to the dumpster fire that is Chicago

    • @ctoaun23
      @ctoaun23 5 місяців тому +3

      ​@@Aussie_OKC_fanHe'll be fine there. Gets the ball in his hands and can run the offense and play his natural game. Good luck to him.

    • @tallokie
      @tallokie 5 місяців тому +2

      Good news, he went East, the only way you have to watch a torn game in the playoffs is the finals.

    • @coatney13
      @coatney13 5 місяців тому +3

      No shame in rooting for both teams, enjoy as much basketball as possible! Especially since they are in separate conferences.

  • @frmjewduhh
    @frmjewduhh 5 місяців тому +7

    Caruso Is a "Thunder Guy." He loves Coach Daigneault from his time with the OKC Blue. His shooting will get better working with Chip Engelland. Thunder now have 2 of the top 4 season steals leaders in the NBA *AND* Lou Dort "AND" Chet. The Thunder D is going to be lights out.

  • @MichaelMagee-u9b
    @MichaelMagee-u9b 5 місяців тому +19

    If Giddey were in this draft, he would be a top 5 pick. Both are worth two firsts in my book so that’s why there are no picks involved

    • @jjcometa9333
      @jjcometa9333 4 місяці тому

      Still bro. Bulls couldn't ask for a pick? 😂

  • @Redcule94
    @Redcule94 5 місяців тому +7

    Caruso is a Derrick White type signing. Low usage but very capable on offense. And a hell of a defender. Means you can always have point of attack defense with Dort, Caruso and Cason Wallace

  • @rbilly3
    @rbilly3 5 місяців тому +4

    Andrew taking calls like he’s Woj

  • @jdh9676
    @jdh9676 5 місяців тому +1

    Presti in "win now" mode and just made his first move on the chess board. Great short term move working toward the ultimate goal. Giddey got caught behind the curve with Okc. If the Thunder get to the Finals or even the WCF'S with or without AC? Giddey won't be missed even if he emerges. Presti has broken the ice and is going for it. Advantage: Thunder.

  • @joeystandifer848
    @joeystandifer848 5 місяців тому +2

    I love the move. A top 5 defense got better

  • @redzwestisbest
    @redzwestisbest 5 місяців тому +5

    I don't think this makes Thunder better, but at least they can now shoot contested 3s instead of Giddey's wide open ones.

    • @Wrestle_Kingdom
      @Wrestle_Kingdom 5 місяців тому +9

      You’re delusional if you don’t think this makes okc better Caruso hell will have a massive impact

    • @darcydowning6740
      @darcydowning6740 5 місяців тому +1

      @@Wrestle_KingdomMost fans are casual fans

  • @colbycorsaut2333
    @colbycorsaut2333 5 місяців тому +5

    Didn’t Carsuo start his career with the Thunder G league

  • @tallokie
    @tallokie 5 місяців тому +1

    Revisionist, but Dort on Luka, Caruso on Kyrie to free up JDub and Cason on offense, or onto the corner shooter and that feels so positive.

  • @basketballuniverse2244
    @basketballuniverse2244 5 місяців тому +2

    The Carushow, Let's go😎

  • @jackiemoon5906
    @jackiemoon5906 5 місяців тому +9

    Wow Andrew assuming Caruso off the bench? Glad the Giddey trade happened so early. The future of OKC revolved around what happened with Giddey. Now way less mysterious. Get a true backup big and wing and it’s scary hours in OKC.

    • @angelahock169
      @angelahock169 5 місяців тому +2

      Thinking Caruso will step into Giddeys starting spot

    • @NoixNoir-gu4fd
      @NoixNoir-gu4fd 5 місяців тому

      F a backup big get a superstar big and play Chet more at the 4 🤩🤩

    • @jackiemoon5906
      @jackiemoon5906 5 місяців тому +1

      @@NoixNoir-gu4fd why? Chet and the thunder are best with him at the 5. It’s not like he’s a liability, why do people want him to move to pf?

    • @Wrestle_Kingdom
      @Wrestle_Kingdom 5 місяців тому +2

      @@jackiemoon5906exactly chet is a 5 just like Mobley they don’t understand the reason okc was so good and why chet was so good was because he was a 5 putting Chet at the 4 ruins what makes okc so good defensive chet will be fine but offensively he will be worse since he will be guarded by wings and Chet cannot take advantage of smaller players right now
      If Chet was like KP who can just shoot over players then It wouldn’t be an issue

    • @Wrestle_Kingdom
      @Wrestle_Kingdom 5 місяців тому +1

      @@jacktan431 this logic is so dumb this is like saying if Steph is a point guard why he isn’t being a floor general and being a pass first player we are in a completely different era of basketball what a pg was back then isn’t what a pg is now same goes for big and wings

  • @rustytv3023
    @rustytv3023 5 місяців тому +2

    It's my opinion that Caruso will take Giddey's starting spot. I don't see Caruso coming off the bench

    • @jjcometa9333
      @jjcometa9333 4 місяці тому

      And he shouldn't. More defense on the starters. Now bolster the bench. Yall got Hella assets

  • @sg-duwap_yt8209
    @sg-duwap_yt8209 5 місяців тому

    Last summer Andrew said “It’s no way they will trade Giddey because he plays the way that they want to play” 😂

  • @Aussie_OKC_fan
    @Aussie_OKC_fan 5 місяців тому +2

    Good trade.

  • @mikielsahagun6054
    @mikielsahagun6054 5 місяців тому

    I wanted a big as much as a more score worthy guard

  • @nechiebriggs5106
    @nechiebriggs5106 5 місяців тому +6

    Well not me….OMG IM PISSED…..LUV U GIDDY

  • @andythrogmorton8140
    @andythrogmorton8140 5 місяців тому +4

    Presti fleeced again

  • @KTJ_1
    @KTJ_1 5 місяців тому +1

    Caruso will probably start.

  • @mikielsahagun6054
    @mikielsahagun6054 5 місяців тому +1

    Alex C is a better bait to get Heartenstine

  • @Photofuel
    @Photofuel 5 місяців тому +1

    Now name the Starting Five?

  • @mirisarawak1931
    @mirisarawak1931 5 місяців тому +1

    OKC losts their mind...

  • @jozsva8064
    @jozsva8064 5 місяців тому

    Damn that was fast stream lol

  • @AlanDownunder
    @AlanDownunder 5 місяців тому

    You can have too many point guards but you can’t have too many 3&D guys.

  • @stayjamaicavilla
    @stayjamaicavilla 5 місяців тому +4

    I am now a Chicago Bulls fan. Leaving OKC as a fan

  • @nbaDOCSandSTUFF
    @nbaDOCSandSTUFF 5 місяців тому

    That was crazyy

  • @tallguygreg
    @tallguygreg 5 місяців тому

    Let's effing go boys!!!!

  • @NDanner35
    @NDanner35 5 місяців тому +2

    Good luck in the windy city Josh!

  • @jaebuudhatv8514
    @jaebuudhatv8514 5 місяців тому

    We could actually get alot for Caruso wat yal think?

  • @awethinic8379
    @awethinic8379 5 місяців тому

    Well he a lot better fit, better on offense and defense but we lose some rebounding.

    • @brodiestephens419
      @brodiestephens419 5 місяців тому +3

      Not sure Caruso is better offensively... but he's a better fit with the current roster and playstyle.
      Giddey gets to play his natural game now, as an elite passer running the show with the ball in his hands.
      Giddey had one down year... because of all the off the court dramas, and being asked to play a role he's never played his entire life. Giddey was asked to be a 3&D wing.... which are the two skills he's WORST at in basketball.
      Giddey's first two years for the Thunder were awesome, and we have to remember we were talking about Giddey as a potential All-Star before the start of this season. J-Dub and Chet overtook Giddey this year, in terms of their hierarchy in the team slash pecking order.... whatever you want to call it.
      Realistically, I think this was a great trade for both teams.... but I think Giddey ends up a better player than Caruso. Giddey just doesn't fit with OKC's roster anymore.
      Giddey is NOT a locker room "trouble" like that dude commented during the stream. He's a stand-up human being, despite all the memes. He's a hard worker who has improved every single year of his life since he was 14 years old, and he didn't complain ONCE when he was asked to play a role that made him look terrible on the court. He's mature, intelligent, and a very team-first player.
      Great trade for both teams, but I'm really sad that Giddey was moved. 😢😢

    • @Wrestle_Kingdom
      @Wrestle_Kingdom 5 місяців тому +1

      The rebounding is so overrated with Giddey okc was bad either way so it doesn’t matter

    • @awethinic8379
      @awethinic8379 5 місяців тому +1

      @@brodiestephens419 im a giddey fan. I agree 100% with you. Caruso shoots 40% from 3 at 5 times a game. He will come off the bench but might finish out the games.

  • @chirocket4791
    @chirocket4791 5 місяців тому +2

    Dort and Caruso overlap a lot. Include Dort for a skilled big forward?

    • @mith2946
      @mith2946 5 місяців тому

      NEVER get rid of Dort

    • @NoixNoir-gu4fd
      @NoixNoir-gu4fd 5 місяців тому +1

      Skilled big forward like Giannis or Davis 😈😈🔥
      Dort, Dieng, and five 1sts can fit either's salary

    • @Wrestle_Kingdom
      @Wrestle_Kingdom 5 місяців тому

      No it doesn’t we have a POA at all times plus this just mean Caruso will take over Wiggins minutes but play a bit more

    • @mith2946
      @mith2946 5 місяців тому

      @jacktan431 You're forgetting one minor (major) detail... Dort is much younger and already on a multi year good deal. While it's close, I'm still taking Dort as high minute on ball defender. But yes when it comes to the offense it's AC not close, although Dort is a good 3pt shooter now.

    • @Wrestle_Kingdom
      @Wrestle_Kingdom 5 місяців тому

      @@jacktan431 calm tf down okc most likely Caruso going to start I was giving context to the guy saying Caruso is redundant to dort but it no different than having Aaron Wiggins or Cason Wallace out there because Wiggins and Wallace is just a worse version of those players
      Okc can easily start Caruso or even joe but most likey going to stat Caruso while keeping either dort or Caruso in the game while playing with the secound unit to always have a POA defender in the game at all time

  • @zoharayalon7594
    @zoharayalon7594 5 місяців тому +5

    It's a really bad trade for us :(
    I like Carusu fine but he's 30, we have him for only a year and we have deep holes in the 3 and 4 spots, with major overlap with Dort and Cason, at the exact same role

    • @unclefuncledan
      @unclefuncledan 5 місяців тому +1

      1. We can extend him next year for up to 4/$80M after this season
      2. You need at least 7-8 guys you can really depend on in the playoffs. Caruso is easily in that caliber

    • @NoixNoir-gu4fd
      @NoixNoir-gu4fd 5 місяців тому

      3. You still have all the picks and lots of cap space.
      4. You think Giannis is happy?

    • @NoixNoir-gu4fd
      @NoixNoir-gu4fd 5 місяців тому

      5. What the hell u mean Dort and Wallace have the same role?

    • @Wrestle_Kingdom
      @Wrestle_Kingdom 5 місяців тому

      You do realize that their this thing called the off season were team can make multiple moves and not one
      Also okc can extend him also okc can still get another player due to being able to make more than one trade

    • @zoharayalon7594
      @zoharayalon7594 5 місяців тому

      @@NoixNoir-gu4fd Carusu, Dort and Wallace are basically playing the defensive oriented SG role. Have you noticed that Dort and Wallace hardly play together?

  • @nw82534
    @nw82534 5 місяців тому +4

    You were pretty sure after the Presti Presser he was gonna stay?

    • @awethinic8379
      @awethinic8379 5 місяців тому +3

      I did too, but no body knows what presti will do.

    • @jackiemoon5906
      @jackiemoon5906 5 місяців тому +2

      To give credit to Andrew his feelings changed some podcast the last week or two

  • @javiercereijodiaz3655
    @javiercereijodiaz3655 5 місяців тому

    CARUSEEEEEXXXXXXX

  • @the5thkazekage
    @the5thkazekage 5 місяців тому +1

    Giddy’s gone. You can relax with the sell job, sir. 😂

  • @jaidenng
    @jaidenng 5 місяців тому

    Let’s goooo

  • @FrancoManzi-l4c
    @FrancoManzi-l4c 5 місяців тому +1

    Caruso gets an extension, PG gets signed and traded for Dort and add ons, keep onto the 12th pick Draft Holmes if available and it’s Celtics in the finals game 6 thunder chip. That’s what I’ll dream tonight anyway.

    • @moussa5712
      @moussa5712 5 місяців тому +8

      I may be bias. But I would hold on to Dort until I get an offer I can’t refuse. PG is not cutting it for me. Dort keeps getting better every year, a lockdown defender, on a cheap contract, and last but not least he is SGA best friend.

    • @yhwh_is_king
      @yhwh_is_king 5 місяців тому +6

      Yeah hard pass on PG/Russ/KD/Harden. Leave the past in the past 💯

    • @jaylunwilliams1544
      @jaylunwilliams1544 5 місяців тому +1

      They're never trading dort. That's their only way of keeping shai

    • @NoixNoir-gu4fd
      @NoixNoir-gu4fd 5 місяців тому

      I'm with the acquiring a superstar with Dort and picks, but I am not with the Daron Holmes at #12

    • @Wrestle_Kingdom
      @Wrestle_Kingdom 5 місяців тому

      I’m good on the pg trade I like pg but he pass his prime and injury prone but Daron Holmes at 12 is the play okc should do

  • @awethinic8379
    @awethinic8379 5 місяців тому

    Who starts?

  • @G-Blockster
    @G-Blockster 5 місяців тому

    Caruso would make a great 6th Man. Think of Manu Ginobli. He and J-Dub can run the offense when SGA rests on the bench at the end of the 1st and the entire 4th Quarters while bringing the All-NBA caliber defense.

  • @brynmthws
    @brynmthws 5 місяців тому

    Andrew, how are your teeth so white?

  • @Photofuel
    @Photofuel 5 місяців тому +1

    Package Alex Curuso and move up in the draft

    • @NoixNoir-gu4fd
      @NoixNoir-gu4fd 5 місяців тому

      Niga for who? Is there even anyone in this draft better than Caruso? Name him 😅

    • @Clutchbruhhh22
      @Clutchbruhhh22 5 місяців тому +1

      @@NoixNoir-gu4fdI don’t agree with moving Caruso but maybe package picks and move up to get Jdubs brother. You wanna lock Dub up for the next few contracts move up in the draft & go get baby bro and Cody Williams ain’t Thanansis he’s a hooper 😂

  • @Rumney72r
    @Rumney72r 5 місяців тому +2

    Bulls fan in my life is not happy there were no picks going to Chicago...