Los Angeles Lakers: How Frank Vogel should divvy up the bench minutes

9. Alex Caruso: 16 minutes

Again, like Bradley, you could easily make the case for Alex Caruso being the starting point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers. He is someone that does not need the ball at the point guard position, plays above-average defense and has shown improvements in his shot to be an off-ball scorer.

Not only is he a good fit on paper with LeBron but he is a way better fit in general than Rajon Rondo, who needs the ball to do what he is best at, which might be better suited for the second unit.

Down the stretch, I think we see more Rondo in the second unit and more Bradley and Caruso with the first unit, but that is why we only gave Rondo around 20 minutes, the same as Bradley and only four more than Caruso.

For all intents and purposes, Caruso is going to serve as the primary backup point guard. I think we see Caruso a lot during the swing of games, getting the last four minutes of the first quarter and the first four of the second quarter and vice versa in the second half.

Some of that time will be spent with the bench, some will be spent with the first unit. The point guard position is going to serve as a revolving door of talent and whoever is feeling it on a certain night will get more time.

There will be games where we see Caruso cross 20 minutes played and games where we only see him for around 10-12. It will all average out to 16.