Brandon Ingram Articles - Page 15

As part of a recent interview with The Undefeated, New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram explained why he is now known as “Durag B.I.” There are several great nicknames around the NBA landscape. For example: “The King” is with the Lakers, “The Slim Reaper” teamed up with “Uncle Drew” in Brooklyn, “The Greek Freak” will […]

As far as revenge games narratives go, most NBA players involved usually try their best to play down such moments. This isn’t the case for New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram, who himself admitted that he gets a bit too excited at times when facing his former team, the Los Angeles Lakers. These two sides […]

Rookie forward Zion Williamson recently surprised his New Orleans Pelicans teammates with a Mardi Gras-themed gift. Though the No. 1 overall pick isn’t yet making the hefty dollars others like LeBron James are making, Williamson still impressed his Pelicans teammates with some Mardi Gras-colored Beats By Dre earphones with their last names and jersey numbers […]

LOS ANGELES – The New Orleans Pelicans have had to play the majority of the 2019-20 NBA season without highly touted rookie Zion Williamson. The Duke product went down with a knee injury that cost him the first few months of his rookie campaign, but now he’s back and making quite an impression playing alongside […]

Brandon Ingram and the New Orleans Pelicans are arduously fighting to reach the eighth seed in the Western Conference, now only three games back of the Memphis Grizzlies thanks in part to the latter’s three-game losing streak. Earning that eighth seed would put Ingram in line to face his former team, the Los Angeles Lakers, […]

New Orleans Pelicans swingman Brandon Ingram has blossomed into an All-Star in his first year in The Big Easy. The former No. 2 overall pick was one of the centerpieces in the Anthony Davis trade last summer, and the Pelicans were banking on his upside with the hopes he would be a potential franchise player […]

New Orleans Pelicans first-time All-Star Brandon Ingram has been having the best season of his entire career. Interestingly, the 22-year-old is currently still on his rookie-scale deal, and will be entering free agency by the end of this current season. It is worth noting, though, that Ingram will be a restricted free agent, which means […]

New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram is questionable to play Thursday versus the Oklahoma City Thunder due to a right ankle sprain, the team announced via ESPN’s Marc J. Spears. Pelicans say All-Star Brandon Ingram (Right Ankle Sprain) is questionable for Thursday's game vs OKC. — Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) February 12, 2020 Ingram has […]

Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram are expected to play in Tuesday’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers after sitting out Saturday’s win over the Indiana Pacers. Via Andrew Lopez of ESPN: Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram were both held out Saturday w/ ankle sprains. Both are day-to-day however a team source told me the expectation […]

New Orleans Pelicans small forward Brandon Ingram won’t play against the Indiana Pacers on Saturday, while rookie Zion Williamson is being listed as a game-time decision. Ingram rolled his right ankle on Thursday against the Chicago Bulls. The Pelicans easily defeated the Bulls despite losing Ingram though, winning by a final score of 125-119. Williamson led […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are listing starting small forward Brandon Ingram as questionable to face the Indiana Pacers on Saturday. Ingram rolled his right ankle on Thursday against the Chicago Bulls at the United Center: Pelicans are listing Brandon Ingram as questionable tomorrow against Indiana. Ingram rolled his right ankle last night in Chicago. — […]

New Orleans Pelicans small forward Brandon Ingram suffered a right ankle sprain on Thursday against the Chicago Bulls. Ingram left the game and never returned. A Pelicans team source told Andrew Lopez of ESPN the severity of the sprain is unknown at this time since they have to wait until the swelling goes down: Gentry […]

New Orleans Pelicans players and coaches congratulated swingman Brandon Ingram following the announcement of his selection as a reserve in the 2020 NBA All-Star Game. Ingram, in turn, voiced his appreciation for his teammates and other members of the organization: Pelicans showed love to Brandon Ingram after his first All-Star Game selection 👏 (via @dg_riff)pic.twitter.com/MhfeRJ7Qbg […]

With the eyes of the entire basketball world on him, New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson didn’t disappoint and threw off an impressive assists to Brandon Ingram in the the first four minutes of his professional career. And what a beauty it was. Zion finds BI cutting to the rim for an easy 2! pic.twitter.com/qjjNg2a9kh […]

New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry admits he would be pretty “disappointed” if small forward Brandon Ingram doesn’t make the All-Star game this season. The Pelicans are playing some of their best basketball of the season lately and Ingram has been nothing short of stellar for New Orleans: “He’s worked extremely hard to improve […]

New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson has no doubt that teammate Brandon Ingram should be an All-Star this season. Ingram is having a career-year with the Pelicans and Williamson is excited to play with him soon: "A definite All-Star"@ZionWilliamson is looking to feed off of @B_Ingram13's hard work 🔥 pic.twitter.com/TF2X11tmCT — New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) […]

New Orleans Pelicans small forward Brandon Ingram erupted for a career-high 49 points on Thursday to help the Pelicans defeat the Utah Jazz at home. The Pelicans snapped the Jazz’s 10-game winning streak and are now 3.5 games back of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference standings after getting off to a terrible […]

Zion Williamson was supposed to be the toast of the town for the New Orleans Pelicans as they started their rebuild anew. However, Brandon Ingram has turned himself into a surprising star plenty of basketball fans in The Big Easy are more than happy to cheer for. Ingram proved himself to be such an invaluable […]

New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram just had the best performance of his career on Thursday, as he dropped a career-high 49 points to carry his team to a 138-132 overtime victory against the Utah Jazz. It was indeed an impressive showing from the 22-year-old, which as it turns out, got his teammate, Lonzo Ball, […]

LOS ANGELES – Lou Williams and the Los Angeles Clippers travel to New Orleans to take on Brandon Ingram and the Pelicans on Saturday afternoon. Both the Clippers and Pelicans are coming in on two-game win streaks while also winning seven of their last 10 games. Ingram is coming off a career-high 49-point performance against […]

Powered by a career-night from Brandon Ingram, the New Orleans Pelicans snapped the Utah Jazz’s 10-game winning streak. Brandon Ingram, the second overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, showcased why he was a lottery pick and was projected to be a bona fide star. In their gritty 138-132 win on Thursday over the Jazz, […]

After notching a career-high in points in Thursday’s win over the Utah Jazz, the New Orleans Pelicans gave Brandon Ingram a crazy reception in the locker room. Ingram put up 49 points on 15-of-25 shooting from the field, 2-of-8 from deep, and 16-of-20 from the free-throw line in their gritty overtime victory over the Jazz. […]

The New Orleans Pelicans and Utah Jazz played one of the best games of the night on Thursday. The Jazz was riding a 10-game winning streak, and the game ended up being a duel between Donovan Mitchell of the Jazz and Brandon Ingram of the Pels. While it looked as if the Jazz would take […]

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert is one of the best rim protectors in the league right now, but New Orleans Pelicans star Brandon Ingram did not seem fazed at all on Thursday. At the eight-and-a-half minute mark of their respective teams’ match-up at the Smoothie King Arena, Ingram shook off his initial defender Royce O’Neal with […]

New Orleans Pelicans small forward Brandon Ingram will likely miss Monday’s game against the Detroit Pistons. Ingram has a sore right knee. He’s missed four games this season for the same knee issue: Alvin Gentry says Brandon Ingram “will more than likely” be out. Derrick Favors is a game-time decision. — Christian Clark (@cclark_13) January […]

The New Orleans Pelicans came away with a victory on Wednesday night against the Chicago Bulls, 123-108. This win wasn’t without incident, though, with starting forward Brandon Ingram suffering a hand injury during the contest. Following the matchup, the 22-year-old underwent some tests on his injured right pinky finger, which according to multiple sources, came […]

The NBA’s last two minute officiating report from Monday says Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert fouled New Orleans Pelicans small forward Brandon Ingram on his game-tying layup attempt. The Pelicans lost to the Jazz by a final score of 128-126: The NBA’s L2M report came out and determined that Brandon Ingram was indeed fouled on the final play […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar big man Anthony Davis brought us one of the highlight plays of the evening on Friday, as he dunked all over New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram on a fastbreak alley-oop play. AD put Brandon Ingram on a poster 🤭 pic.twitter.com/o78RvGb3qY — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 4, 2020 Davis showed off the […]

The New Orleans Pelicans fell short in their attempt to topple the Los Angeles Lakers on their home floor, with L.A. emerging victorious, 123-113. It was a warm reception for former Lakers forward Brandon Ingram, who made the move to New Orleans as part of the Anthony Davis deal last summer along with former Purple […]

Everyone at the Staples Center knew that the reunion between the Los Angeles Lakers and Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram and Josh Hart would be anything but nice. However, the Purple and Gold did try to welcome them as amicably as possible in their game against the New Orleans Pelicans in the City of Angels. The […]

Brandon Ingram has watched his contract situation closely. While the recently-acquired New Orleans Pelicans star decided to bet on himself and try his chances as a restricted free agent this upcoming summer, he’s seen others from his draft class get the motherlode and be rewarded for their play. Philadelphia 76ers point guard Ben Simmons, the […]

New Orleans Pelicans point guard Lonzo Ball is happy for small forward Brandon Ingram, who won the Western Conference Player of the Week Award for Week 10 of the 2019-20 season. Ingram averaged 25.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists as the Pelicans went an impressive 4-0 last week. Lonzo Ball on Brandon Ingram getting […]

Jaylen Brown and Brandon Ingram have been named the NBA’s Players of the Week for Week 10 of the 2019-20 season. Brown averaged 27.0 points and 6.7 rebounds as the Boston Celtics went 2-1. Ingram, meanwhile, averaged 25.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists as the New Orleans Pelicans went an impressive 4-0: Celtics’ guard/forward […]

New Orleans Pelicans rising star Brandon Ingram has truly come to his own after leaving Hollywood and moving to a smaller market team. Apart from averaging career-highs in all major statistical categories this season, the 22-year-old swingman has also now met his starter criteria in his rookie scale contract. According to ESPN’s Bobby Marks, Ingram […]

In their Christmas day win over the Denver Nuggets, New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram knocked down a career-best seven 3-pointers. In their 112-100 upset win over the Nuggets, Ingram tallied 31 points and seven rebounds. He shot 11-of-18 from the field and 7-of-9 from deep. Safe to say that he’s the main reason why […]

ESPN insider Zach Lowe believes New Orleans Pelicans small forward Brandon Ingram will get a max contract next summer in restricted free agency. Ingram has been scoring the ball very well for the Pelicans despite New Orleans having a terrible record. Ingram will enter restricted free agency once the Pelicans offer him a $9,481,458 qualifying […]

Brandon Ingram of the New Orleans Pelicans suffered a scary-looking injury against the Phoenix Suns when he collided with Dario Saric — then hit his head on the hardwood due to Saric’s knee hitting Ingram in the back of the head. Here’s footage of the dangerous-looking collision: Brandon Ingram takes a scary hit to the […]

Phoenix Suns swingman Kelly Oubre Jr. and New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram are both having tremendous seasons so far, but the former certainly got the better of the latter in this play. At the 8:20 mark of the first quarter match between the Suns and Pels at the Smoothie King Center on Thursday, Oubre […]

Despite quickly moving away from extension talks, the New Orleans Pelicans have “every intention” of keeping fourth-year forward Brandon Ingram long-term, vice-president David Griffin told Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated. Ingram’s future was at one point murky, considering he had missed the latter part of his third season with a blood clot that could […]