Back to the Los Angeles Lakers Newsfeed

Lakers’ strength trainer compares Brandon Ingram to Kevin Durant

The 2018-19 NBA regular season is still more than four months away, but a handful of the Los Angeles Lakers’ young players are already back in the gym. That list includes Brandon Ingram, who arguably has the most room to grow physically this summer.

Ingram came back from last offseason looking a little bigger but his frame is still among the lankiest in the league. However, that doesn’t mean Ingram didn’t get any stronger.

In an interview with Lakers sideline reporter Mike Trudell, Lakers Director of Strength and Endurance Training Gunnar Peterson said that Ingram is the strongest he’s ever been and even compared his sneaky strength to to a player Ingram has drawn comparisons to since entering the NBA:

“Brandon is way stronger than he looks.