Brandon Ingram on the trade block? | No Cap Room

Yahoo Sports Senior NBA writer Dan Devine and The Ringer’s Michael Pina look at the value Brandon Ingram brings after reports the Pelicans forward could be available via trade. Hear the full conversation on “No Cap Room” – part of the “Ball Don’t Lie” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.

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Brandon Ingram as a consolation prize for Paul George.

Really fascinates me.

He is like eight years younger and I talked about like Paul George being underrated and whatever.

I think Brandon Ingram is like, by far the most underrated player in the NBA.

I’m a huge fan.

I think that I understand the warts to his game.

I think some of it is unfair and I think that if he were in the right spot and he tapered a little bit of uh his responsibilities in a way that, you know, he was a little bit more willing to shoot threes which he can hit and I don’t understand why he wouldn’t, it’s not out of the question, but I think he’s someone who he brings it on defense.

Um, and has been a part of really good defensive units and he has one of the most unblockable midrange jumpers in the league and has never really had an opportunity to showcase it in a playoff setting, um where it would be really important, but I just think that he can be like Chris Middleton 2.0 like, put him on a team where he’s like, clearly the second best player or he’s splitting, you know, dueling like a one, a two, a two B with someone else.

Um Like put him on the Sacramento Kings.

I think that that would be really fascinating.

I’m not saying they win the title or anything like that.

Um Slide him into the Sixers.

I think, you know, there were on Zach Low’s Pod the other day, he mentioned that there were rumors about Jeremy Grant and Brandon Ingram being players that the Sixers and Darryl Moyer are sniffing around about.

I think that that’s pretty smart.

I think that like, I think he’s a star.

I really do.

And so he’s made one all star team in his career.

Um He’s, you know, battled a bunch of injuries but it just if you read the, the tea leaves of what David Griffin is saying, vice president of basketball…

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Publish date : 2024-06-28 16:59:22

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