BIOGRAPHY
Alex Caruso was born on February 28, 1994, in College Station, Texas. He is a guard in the NBA.
Caruso is the son of Mike and Jackie Caruso and has two sisters who are both Aggies; Megan, class of '14, and Emily, class of '18. His father played four years at Creighton and is an associate athletic director at Texas A&M. Caruso grew up around the A&M program, spending many seasons as a ball boy for the Aggies. While studying at Texas A&M he majored in sports management.
Caruso attended A&M Consolidated High School in his native College Station, Texas, where he played basketball under head coaches Rusty Segler and Rick German. As a senior, he averaged 18 points and nine rebounds and was named TABC All-Regional, All-State as well as TABC All-Star and district MVP after leading his team to the postseason.
After graduating from high school, Caruso joined the Texas A&M Aggies. In 137 games over his four-year career, he averaged 8.0 points, 4.7 assists and 2.02 steals per game, finishing as the school's all-time leader in assists with 649 and steals with 276. As a senior, he earned SEC All-Defensive Team and second-team All-SEC honors.
After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Caruso joined the Philadelphia 76ers for the 2016 NBA Summer League. On September 23, 2016, he signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder, but was later waived by the Thunder on October 17. On November 3 he was acquired by the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA Development League.
Caruso joined the Lakers for the 2017 NBA Summer League. After several productive games, including one in which Caruso started in place of the injured Lonzo Ball and led the Lakers to a victory, he was signed to the Lakers' first two-way contract on July 13, 2017. He became the first player to go directly from the D-League (now G League) to the NBA via two-way contract. Caruso signed another two-way contract with the Los Angeles Lakers after a successful showing in the 2018 NBA Summer League. He scored a new career-high 32 points in a 122–117 victory over the Clippers on April 5. He also became the only other Laker that season other than LeBron James to record a 30+ point, 10+ rebound, 5+ assist game.
On July 6, 2019, Caruso signed a two-year contract with the Lakers worth $5.5 million. He won an NBA championship with the Lakers in 2020.
On August 10, 2021, Caruso signed with the Chicago Bulls.
