BROOKLYN – Early in his tenure as a New Orleans teammate of Brandon Ingram, forward Nicolo Melli sometimes does a double-take when he looks at the stat sheet, because the numbers next to Ingram’s name occasionally seem inaccurate. Offense comes so naturally to the talented and long-armed 6-foot-9, 190-pounder, that it’s not always evident how much damage he’s done on the court.
“How easily he scores,” Melli said, when asked what he’s most noticed about Ingram’s play early in 2019-20. “He doesn’t hold the ball that much, but you look up at the scoreboard and he has 30 points.