Cleveland Cavaliers: 3 ways FA target Alex Caruso would help CLE

#2: Caruso would feasibly have some on/off-ball viability for the Cavs on offense

Secondly, while I wouldn’t expect him to be a key scoring presence in his minutes-share, such as say, Taurean Prince, who is a quality shot creator when healthy, Caruso could be a viable off-ball player at the 2 in spurts.

He’s had 5.5 and 6.4 points in 18.4 and 21.0 minutes per contest in the last two seasons with the Lakers, so again, I wouldn’t expect him to be exactly filling it up for Cleveland in this scenario.

Caruso is not a player that’s going to create shots consistently for himself, even while is a capable driver at times here and there. On the plus side, while the gravity of LeBron James and Anthony Davis obviously played into it, and I am getting that out there, perhaps Caruso could be capable for the Cavs as a catch-and-shoot player in spurts?

I can’t say I necessarily buy the spot-up abilities entirely, okay well I don’t, but he did hit 40.1 percent of his 2.4 three-point attempts last season. The year prior, that was only a 33.3 percent hit rate, though, albeit at times from ball-swings, perhaps he could be a capable spot-up player.

Also in the off-ball realm, Caruso is a heady cutter both in settled offense and in transition, which could work out well in spurts.

In relation to the on-ball abilities, I’m suggesting that as more so a bench playmaker in non-Garland minutes, in particular, he could fill in decently for spurts getting the Cavaliers in set offense.

Caruso does need to cut back on turnovers a bit looking onward, but 4.7 assists per-36 minutes last season for a rotational guard wasn’t bad, and on the Cavs, that could very well be increased not playing with LeBron.

Caruso could help initiate ball-swings to players such as Sexton, Kevin Love/Dean Wade/Dylan Windler and can hit rollers in Jarrett Allen/Isaiah Hartenstein at times in the pick-and-roll.

That again could help ease the burden on Garland/Sexton, although in fairness, McConnell, from a rotational playmaking standpoint, is a far better option in that way. But Caruso could still be competent splitting time in the on/off-ball guard variety, and could work well with either Garland or Sexton for stretches, objectively.

Lastly, the third way the current Laker could aid the Cavaliers’ efforts is his athleticism/the energy he could provide.