Yes, the Bulls guard is still one of the better defenders on the team, evident by the 110 defensive rating.
But it’s more than just numbers for Caruso. That’s what coach Billy Donovan was trying to again convey on Wednesday, with Caruso sidelined.
“I think he’s huge because besides on the ball, his disruption there, he can see things happening as they’re in progress,’’ Donovan said of Caruso. “He can anticipate it and do things to kind of take things away. A lot of it is his physicality in recognizing screens that are coming at him or toward him, that he can kind of beat the guy to the screen, blow it up, get physical.