Still having 26 games to keep cementing an excellent first season with the New Orleans Pelicans, Brandon Ingram is making himself worth every cent of a max contract heading into his restricted free agency this summer.
However, the reported interest in a longterm deal between the two parties hasn’t come without some external assumptions and guessing.
The New Orleans Pelicans’ front office and Ingram couldn’t reach an agreement on an extension before the season, as the team wanted to see what the forward could do in New Orleans after his career-threatening injury. A deal before the rookie extension was never on the table.