A pair of photoshopped images of Los Angeles Lakers guard, Alex Caruso, went viral on social media last week. The pictures illustrated an extremely jacked up Caruso putting in what appeared to be Arnold Schwarzenegger type work in the weight room. The photos, which were fake, seem to have since potentially prompted a random drug test according to Caruso.
On Tuesday, Alex shared on his Instagram story an image that included what appeared to be an official letter requiring him to submit to a random drug test. The caption on his story read, “Last Week: Photoshopped weight room pic of me surfaces on social media. This Week: Random offseason drug test.”
The photoshopped images of Caruso that initially went viral are below.
LeBron James recently took to Twitter to express his excitement about playing with Caruso during this upcoming season. The 24-year-old guard out of Texas A&M appeared in 25 games for the Lakers last season while averaging 9.2 points and 3.1 assists in 21.2 minutes per night. As a rookie, he also appeared in 37 games for Los Angeles and has made 11 combined starts over his two years as a professional.
With the departure of Lonzo Ball, Caruso has an opportunity to earn a spot in the rotation this year alongside Rajon Rondo at the lead guard spot. While he only attempted 50 3-pointers in 25 games a year ago, Caruso’s ability to make good on 24 of those attempts from distance (48%) is certainly encouraging. With defenses around the NBA keying on LeBron and Anthony Davis, there will be open looks available throughout the year for players like Caruso. If he can knock them down consistently and not turn the ball over, he could end up logging some considerable minutes.
