When the Toronto Raptors traded for Brandon Ingram last season, it was clear the team missed the ‘break-glass-in-case-of-emergency’ type of skillset that defences fear.
DeMar DeRozan supercharged an unexpected We The North movement with his dizzying array of counters. Pascal Siakam blossomed into a mismatch nightmare during his last five years in Toronto. Kawhi Leonard showed fans what it looked like in all its perfection before he bolted for Los Angeles. Brandon Ingram is cut from a similar cloth. The six-foot-eight forward is gifted when it comes to shot creation.
There’s something else there that deserves attention.