Building on my recent piece highlighting NBA analyst Zach Lowe's podcast comments — if Scottie Barnes has been the Raptors' "driver," then Brandon Ingram has been the "glue" reinforcing the foundations together.
To be fair, Barnes deserves a lot of credit too on that front also, especially for his defensive focus and elevating that aspect of his game to early All-Defensive levels. But in the context of "glue" here, I think there are more layers to Mr. "Notorious B.I.3" than initially meet the eye.
Of course, Ingram joined this team as a widely regarded near All-Star level talent who had yet to find his footing as a leader.