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Luke Walton says Alex Caruso is an ‘insurance policy’ on current road trip, but probably won’t play

A season ago, when Lonzo Ball got hurt and missed time, the Los Angeles Lakers relied heavily on Tyler Ennis, which would have been fine had they been tanking. Towards the end of the season, though, Alex Caruso grabbed some minutes by virtue of not being Tyler Ennis. As a result, with Rajon Rondo out, some fans are wondering where Caruso might be.

Luke Walton says not to expect minutes from Caruso any time soon, even if he is on the current road trip (via Spectrum SportsNet):

“Each situation is different.