Brandon Ingram
Brandon Ingram was born in Kinston, North Carolina, United States on September 2nd, 1997 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 26, Brandon Ingram biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Brandon Xavier Ingram (born September 2, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He was chosen 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. Ingram had a fruitful high school career in North Carolina, where he earned state titles each year during his four years of high school and was voted Mr. Basketball of North Carolina.
He appeared for college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, where he was named Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year.
Ingram decided against continuing college eligibility and signed for the NBA draft following the season.
He spent three seasons with the Lakers before being traded to New Orleans in a trade for Anthony Davis.
Early life
Ingram was born in Kinston, North Carolina, on September 2, 1997. He is the son of Donald and Joann Ingram. He has two half-siblings, Donovan, his older brother, and Brittany's older sister, Brittany. He has a father with Donovan and a mother with Brittany. Ingram's father started his career as a police officer and a director of a local gym, but now he works full-time at a welding shop, where he makes fork lifts. Before that, Donald was a would-be hoops star, battling his way into the semi-pro leagues. As he returned home to Kinston, his father started playing pickup games with a young Jerry Stackhouse, who was trying to compete against older and more experienced opponents to help him raise his game. On the court, Stackhouse, an ex-NBA player and Kinston native, developed a rivalry with Ingram's father.
Although Ingram grew up in a one-story house on Highland Avenue in Kinston, his brother Donovan grew up in a different house but would spend weekends with Brandon teaching him basketball. Kinston had a high crime rate, but Ingram kept his attention on basketball. Before Ingram was a boy, his brother encouraged him to play with him and his older siblings. "The best thing that ever happened to my game," he said after his experience. Bo Bo, Bo's brother, went on to play basketball for South Plains College (2008–2010) and UT Arlington (2010–2012). Stackhouse became Ingram's Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) coach and mentored the young basketball player by the time Brandon reached eighth grade. Those influences "took me to the next level," Ingram, whose inception as a player came from his father. Brandon "was trained properly," his father, a high school and collegiate referee, said. He grew up knowing the game's rules. Ingram played for four years at Kinston High School and was instrumental in the emergence of Kinston High School in four consecutive state championships during his time there.
High school career
He came off the bench on the varsity basketball team in his freshman year at Kinston, but his presence increased along the way. The team won the 2012 NCHSAA boys basketball state championship in Reynolds Coliseum in his first year with the Kinston Vikings. Kinston defeated Cuthbertson for the second year in a row, earning the state championship and Ingram averaged 12.4 points per game (rpg), 1.5 assists per game (apg). He began to show improvement during the 2013 summer while playing AAU basketball prior to Ingram's junior year. The 6-foot-7 junior came with high hopes and was greeted with a great deal of attention from college coaches who were lined up to recruit Ingram to a Division I school, and after excelling for the Stackhouse Elite team.
Ingram led the Kinston Vikings to their third straight state championship in his junior year, scoring 28 points and delivering 16 rebounds against North Rowan. The Vikings went undefeated in their conference for the first time this season, winning 26-4 overall, 9.1 rebounds, 2.5 blocks, and 1.5 assists per game while Ingram was averaging 19.5 points, 9.1 rebounds, 2.5 blocks, and 1.5 assists per game, winning the Eastern Regional Most Valuable Player award. Ingram was the Stackhouse Elite for the Norman Parker Showcase at the Suwanee Sports Academy in spring 2014, where he received MVP awards for leading the team to the championship. During the Adidas Uprising circuit, he averaged 17.9 points per game and 5.3 rebounds per game, as well as shooting better than 81 percent from the free throw line. Ingram spent the summer at John Paul Jones Arena in Virginia, where his junior years came to an end. He decided to compete with his high school team at the annual East Coast Invitational (ECI), an off-season event in his home state later this year, rather than competing for an AAU tournament in the Atlanta area.
He averaged 24.3 points and 10.4 rebounds per game as a senior and led the Vikings to a 26-0 record. Kinston defeated Trenton Catholic Academy (56-54) in the fourth quarter of the Spalding Hoophall Classic, defeating Ingram's 22 points. After scoring 28 points to go with 10 rebounds and 5 blocks in a victory over East Lincoln High School at the Dean E. Smith Center in his last high school basketball game, he was named MVP of the state championship game. Ingram became the first male basketball player to win four consecutive North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) championships. In addition, the Vikings became the first Class 2A school in North Carolina to win four straight state championships. Ingram was a participant in the 2015 McDonald's All-American Game, scoring 15 points and five rebounds during his senior season.
Ingram was rated as a five-star recruit and was regarded as one of the best high school prospects of the 2015 class. He had been ranked No. 1 in the world of No. 1st. ESPN and Scout also recruited No. 3 overall, as well as No. 1 in the No. Recruiting process. Rivals rank 4 overall. Mr. Basketball and Player of the Year was named by the North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association (NCBCA). In his senior year, he made the Parade All-American team, alongside Duke teammate Luke Kennard. He was also named to the North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association's All-District First Team in his senior year. In the 2015–16 season, he announced on April 27, 2015 that he would attend Duke University and play for the Blue Devils. Ingram said he "probably" committed to North Carolina in November if the Tar Heels were not involved in a "far-reaching academic scandal."
College career
Ingram began his freshman year of college basketball with two exhibition games against Florida Southern and Livingstone. Ingram's debut for Duke, Ingram scored 15 points on 5-of-16 shots against Siena. He scored 21 points in Duke's second game to help Duke beat Bryant in the 2K Sports Classic. The Blue Devils opened their season off right by being ranked fifth in the country in the Champions Classic, a competition that pits four of the country's best programs against each other, before losing their first loss of the season against Kentucky on November 17, 2015. Ingram was one of seven freshmen named to the 50-man Wooden Award preseason watchlist on the same day. Duke bounced back from defeating Georgetown at the 2K Sports Classic Championship in Madison Square Garden the following week. Ingram was called out of Duke's starting lineup for Duke's second game against Yale, scoring 15 points. He was brought back to the starting lineup and helped Duke kick off the season 9–1, which included a seven-game winning streak, before falling to Utah in overtime. Ingram averaged 21.2 points and 8.8 rebounds during a five-game stretch in December, when filling in at power forward for injured Amile Jefferson. In a victory over Indiana in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge on December 2, Ingram led Duke over Buffalo after scoring 24 points and six rebounds. He was named Rookie of the Week for his efforts.
In a home win over Georgia Southern on December 12, 2015, Ingram scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, as well as blocking a career-high six shots. In a victory over Boston College in his ACC debut last month, he scored 25 points and grabbed 9 rebounds. Ingram, who was voted National Freshman of the Week and ACC Rookie of the Week twice in the month of January, helped Duke snap a three-game losing streak by scoring 25 points against NC State and winning 7 rebounds. For the fourth time since scoring a team-high 21.5 points and adding 8.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists last week, Duke defeated number thirteen Louisville and number seven Virginia, extending the team's winning streak to four games. Ingram was also named to the 35-man midseason watchlist for the Naismith College Player of the Year award in the same month. In a road game against the fifth seed and neighbor North Carolina, Ingram scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, giving Duke a one-point victory over the Tar Heels on February 17.
Duke defeated NC State in the second round of the ACC tournament, but in the quarterfinals, the conference champions fell to Notre Dame. Duke was given a fourth seed and won their first round match-up against UNC Wilmington in the 2016 NCAA tournament. Duke was defeated in the Sweet 16 by Oregon after beating Yale in the second round, despite Ingram's 24 points. In 36 Duke games between 2015-18, Ingram averaged 17.3 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 2.0 assists in 34.6 minutes per game, while shooting 44.2 percent from the field, 42% from the free throw line, and 68.2% from the free throw line. In the three games, he averaged 23.0 points to go along with 6.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists. He has since been named ACC Rookie of the Year and AP All-American Honorable Mention. Ingram had one of the best seasons for a young player at Duke, ranked in the top three among the school's all-time freshman leaders in scoring (third), three-pointers (second), and 20-point games (tied for second). Ingram declared the 2016 NBA draft on April 4, 2016, forgoing his final three years of college eligibility.
Professional career
The Los Angeles Lakers picked Ingram with the second overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft on June 23, 2016. He was the second youngest player drafted in 2016, despite being only 18 years old at the time. He signed his rookie scale deal with the Lakers on August 23, 2016. In a 120-114 win over the Houston Rockets on October 26, 2016, he made his Lakers' debut in their season opener, scoring nine points off the bench. In a 149–106 loss to the Golden State Warriors on November 23, Ingram's first career start, scored a career-high 16 points. In a 113-80 loss to the Toronto Raptors, he beat him at 17 points on December 2, scoring 17 points. In Los Angeles' 119-108 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, he had nine points, ten rebounds, and nine assists, far shy of becoming the youngest player in NBA history to reach triple-double. In a 127–100 victory over the Miami Heat on January 6, 2017, he had his second 17-point game of the season. In an 111–95 victory over the Orlando Magic, two days later, he had another 17-point effort. He and teammate D'Angelo Russell competed in the Rising Stars Challenge over the NBA All-Star Weekend. In a 119-98 loss to the San Antonio Spurs, he reached the 20-point mark for the first time in his career, scoring 22 points in a 119-98 loss. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team at the end of the season.
Ingram scored 26 points in the first game in Summer League, outclassed all the other players on the court and had a great debut this summer." In a 132-130 win over the Phoenix Suns on October 20, 2017, he scored his first career-high 25 points. In a 115–109 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on November 15, 2017, he scored 26 points to go with a career-best 11 rebounds. In a 127-123 overtime loss to the Golden State Warriors on November 29, he scored a career-high 32 points. He scored 21 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds remaining on December 7, bringing the Lakers to a 107-104 win over the 76ers, snapping a five-game losing streak. In a 108-94 loss to the Charlotte Hornets, he had 22 points and a career-high 14 rebounds. During NBA All-Star Weekend for Team USA, he competed in the Rising Stars Challenge for the second year. Ingram sustained a groin injury on March 1 that would require him to miss 12 games in a row. He returned against the Milwaukee Bucks on March 30 but suffered a neck muscle strain during the game and was suspended in the NBA's concussion protocol, causing him to miss the remainder of the season.
Ingram was suspended early in the 2018-19 season for his role in an on-court brawl against the Houston Rockets on October 20. Due to a sprained left ankle, he missed seven games in December. In a 138–128 overtime victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on January 17, 2019, he had a career-high 11 assists. In a 121-105 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on January 29, he scored his career-high 36 points. Ingram was ruled out for the remainder of the season due to a deep vein thrombosis in his arm on March 9.
The Lakers cut Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart, the draft rights to De'Andre Hunter, two first-round picks, a first-round pick swap, and cash to the New Orleans Pelicans on July 6, 2019. In a loss to the Brooklyn Nets on November 4, 2019, Ingram scored 40 points, then a career high. In a 138-132 overtime victory over the Utah Jazz on January 16, 2020, he tied for his career high, scoring 49 points. With a fadeaway jumper with 0.2 seconds remaining in regulation, Ingram gave New Orleans a one-point lead before Rudy Gobert was fouled and the game went to overtime with a free throw. In his first year as a Pelican, he became an NBA All-Star. After scoring 23.8 points, he was named the NBA Most Improved Player. Per game, the 6.1 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game were respectively. Ingram re-signed to the Pelicans as a restricted free agent in the 2020 offseason. In the 2025 offseason, his player or team option is out, so Ingram is expected to become a free agent again.
In a 107-91 victory over the Dallas Mavericks, Ingram had a career-high 12 assists, as well as 24 points and eight rebounds. In an 118-108 loss to the Houston Rockets, he scored a season-high 40 points. Ingram scored 33 points and nine assists on January 11, 2022, and the Pelicans won by 128-125 over the Minnesota Timberwolves with a game-winning three-pointer. In a 125-114 victory over the Phoenix Suns on April 19th, Ingram scored 37 points, 11 rebounds, and 9 assists in Game 2 of the first round of the playoffs. In Game 4, Ingram scored 30 points in a 118-103 victory to tie the series at 2–2. Despite Ingram's average of 27.0 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 6.2 assists, New Orleans will go on to lose in six games to Phoenix. Ingram underwent right pinky finger surgery on June 7, and was ruled out for 6-to-8 weeks.
National team career
Ingram was selected by the United States' pick team in 2016, which participated with the 2016 Olympic basketball team in the United States.