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Rob Pelinka claims Lakers were ‘aggressive’ in trying to keep Alex Caruso, but he wanted to go to Bulls

Alex Caruso may no longer be with the Lakers, but the discussion of his exit has continued apace throughout the offseason, with seemingly everyone having a take on the break-up between the purple and gold and everyone’s favorite scrappy, undrafted guard from College Station, Texas.

To rewind briefly, Caruso left the Lakers for the Chicago Bulls within the first few hours of free agency, with Sam Amick of The Athletic reporting that the team “didn’t put up any free-agency fight en route to him agreeing to a four-year, $37 million deal with Chicago.