For Alex Caruso of the Chicago Bulls, basketball life away from Tinseltown is going just fine. Incredibly fine. The former Los Angeles Lakers guard has not tasted a defeat since flying east to join the Bulls. Chicago is on a flaming start, winning all of their first four games. As for the Lakers, they're 1-2 with seeming chemistry issues on the floor. Well, that's no longer a problem Caruso has to help find an answer to, as he's busy making Los Angeles regret its decision to let him go back in the offseason.

So far, Caruso is on top of the NBA in at least one stat, and second in another, per Rob Schaefer of NBCS Chicago.

Through four games, Alex Caruso leads the NBA in deflections per game (4.8) and is second in steals per game (3.3) while averaging 27.5 minutes

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Caruso had five steals in last Saturday's win over the Detroit Pistons, then followed it up with a four-steal performance in a road win over the Toronto Raptors on Monday. Obviously, he's not going to keep that up for the rest of the season, but his effort certainly won't waver one bit.

The Lakers could use a Caruso right now, as their defense is operating like a broken turnstile, ranking 28th in the NBA in points allowed per game and 21st in opponents' shooting percentage.