OKC’s Alex Caruso jokes about second NBA ring: ‘Now I got a real one’
Alex Caroso He is the American Professional League champion!
Of course, Caroso had already had a ring before he and Akllahoma City Thunder were closed from Indiana Pesrez In the game 7 of the American Professional League finals Sunday night. His first one came with Lakers After the slightly shortened season and posteason I played entirely in the American Professional League In Orlando during the Covid-19s.
“Now I got one real,” Caroso told reporters After thunder winning 103-91 over Paisers. “Now no one can say anything.”
He was joking, of course, referring to the constructions who have been trying to reduce the title of Lakers five years ago due to the unique circumstances under which they were won.
The average age of the Lakers team is approximately 29 years old Liberon JamesWho was 35 years old when winning him in the fourth US Professional League.
This thunder team leads the league MVP Gilgos Alexander tea26 years old – like the rest of his colleagues in Oklahoma City, with the exception of Caroso – has not won the American Professional League title yet. The average age is 25.68 years, making them the youngest American Professional League champion team since 1977 Portland Trail Plaserz.
“I only think because of the way the team is now built against the team that I went through in 2020, it was more difficult with this team just because of the experience [level]”… I think through the qualifiers, this team grew up and learned during flying. Most teams must learn through losses and learning despite the defeat, and I think this team learns through success. It is a unique ability to be able to do this for children from 21 to 27 years.
“For me, I saw great people doing it, so I knew the way, I knew the mentality. But to see these men do that, man, it is really wonderful to see him personally, and I am very happy with men only so that they can discover this and be able to accomplish this.”
Caroso was a valuable player outside the bench on his way to all of his championship in the American Professional League, with average of 6.5 points for each game in 2020 and 9.2 this season. He scored 20 points in three different games during the 2025 season, including twice during the finals; His high degrees during the 2020 campaign were 16 points.
He signed with the Chicago Bulls team as a free agent during the year 2021 and was traded to Oklahoma City for goalkeeper Josh Goshi last summer. The experience of the previous championship in Caroso was valuable after the Sunday match, when Caroso was forced to give his team mates to appear on the champagne to celebrate the victory.
“We did not do everything at the same time until the third attempt,” Caroso said of emptying the cork. “I did my best when we got there, I was like,” well, let’s get a number of heads, let’s make sure that everyone is here before we did the first. “Through the educational experience of getting rid of minerals and retracting the metal, there were three or four players who retreated cork.
“We have passed this process several times, and in the end we put everyone on the same page. But, yes, it was a good attempt first. We will get a break, and we try to go again next year and know if we can do this again, and we will be better.”