34 Facts About Brandon Ingram

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Brandon Xavier Ingram was born on September 2,1997 and is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association.

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Brandon Ingram was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the second overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.

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Brandon Ingram was traded to New Orleans and became a first-time NBA All-Star and was named the NBA Most Improved Player in 2020 during his first season with the Pelicans.

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Brandon Ingram played one season of college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, where he was named Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year.

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Brandon Ingram played three seasons with the Lakers before being traded to New Orleans in 2019 in a package for All-Star Anthony Davis.

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Brandon Ingram was born on September 2,1997, in Kinston, North Carolina.

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Brandon Ingram is the son of Donald and Joann Ingram.

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Brandon Ingram has two half-siblings, an older brother, Donovan, and an older sister, Brittany.

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Brandon Ingram's father started his career as a police officer and a manager of a local gym, but he is full-time at a welding plant, where he makes fork lifts.

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Kinston had an extremely high crime rate, but Brandon Ingram kept his focus on basketball.

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Brandon Ingram described this experience as "the best thing that ever happened to my game".

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Brandon Ingram's brother, known as Bo, went on to play college basketball for South Plains College and UT Arlington.

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Brandon Ingram played all four years of his high school basketball career at Kinston High School and helped lead Kinston to four straight state championships during his time there.

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Brandon Ingram averaged 17.9 points per game and 5.3 rebounds each contest and shot better than 81 percent from the free throw line during the Adidas Uprising circuit.

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Brandon Ingram was rated as a five-star recruit and was considered among the best high school prospects of the 2015 class.

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Brandon Ingram was ranked as the No 3 overall recruit by ESPN and Scout, as well as No 4 overall by Rivals.

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Brandon Ingram was named North Carolina's Mr Basketball and Player of the Year by North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association.

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Brandon Ingram made the Parade All-American team, in his senior season, joining Duke teammate Luke Kennard.

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Brandon Ingram began his freshman year of college basketball playing two exhibition games against Florida Southern and Livingstone.

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On December 12,2015, Brandon Ingram scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in a home win over Georgia Southern, and blocked a career-high 6 shots in a home win over Virginia Tech in January 2016.

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That same month, Brandon Ingram was named to the 35-man midseason watchlist for the Naismith College Player of the Year award.

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Brandon Ingram finished the tournament averaging 23.0 points to go along with 6.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists in the three games.

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Brandon Ingram subsequently earned ACC Rookie of the Year honors and AP All-American honorable mention.

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Brandon Ingram had one of the best seasons ever for a young player at Duke, ranking in the top 3 among the school's all-time freshman leaders in scoring, three-pointers and 20-point games.

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On June 23,2016, Brandon Ingram was selected with the second overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers.

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On November 4,2019, Brandon Ingram recorded a then career-high by scoring 40 points in a loss against the Brooklyn Nets.

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Brandon Ingram gave New Orleans a one-point lead with a fadeaway jumper with 0.2 seconds remaining in regulation, before Rudy Gobert was fouled and sent the game to overtime with a free throw.

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Brandon Ingram became an NBA All-Star in his first year as a Pelican.

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Brandon Ingram was named the NBA Most Improved Player after averaging 23.8 points.

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Brandon Ingram's contract has no player or team option, setting Ingram up to become a free agent again in the 2025 offseason.

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New Orleans would go on to lose to Phoenix in six games despite Brandon Ingram averaging 27.0 points, 6.2 rebounds and 6.2 assists.

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Brandon Ingram joined Chris Paul as the only players with multiple games of at least 30 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists in Pelicans history.

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Brandon Ingram was selected to the 2016 US select team, which trained with the 2016 US Olympic basketball team.

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Brandon Ingram signed with Excel Sports Management and is represented by Excel founder and president Jeff Schwartz.