1) The No. 2 overall pick of the 2016 NBA Draft, Ingram averaged 9.4 points in 28.8 minutes per game as a rookie, before making significant scoring jumps in his second and third pro seasons, despite not receiving a dramatic increase in playing time (33.5 mpg in ’17-18, then 33.8 mpg in ’18-19). Ingram put up 16.1 ppg in his sophomore NBA campaign, then pushed that to 18.3 last season. The Orange County Register detailed an excellent February/March stretch by Ingram this way: “(The) Lakers have struggled for much of the past two months, (but) Ingram rose above the difficult circumstances, averaging 24 points on 53.
Five things to know about Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram
