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After a promising second season with the New Orleans Pelicans, Brandon Ingram’s future in the organization looks safe.
Christian Clark from NOLA. com, the Pelicans are “unwilling” to include the 24-year-old in a potential trade for Kevin Durant with the Brooklyn Nets. If the Pelicans decide to play for Durant without including Ingram, they seem It’s unlikely to get him without bringing in another team to add to Brooklyn’s pot.
The Athletic’s Sam Amick points out that any attempt to make an offer for the former NBA MVP but doesn’t include the ball for their second-best player Teams should all “stop wasting everyone’s time and get out of this game.”
According to Amick, with Jaylen The Brown-centric Celtics trade is seen as the “unofficial front-runner” if a Durant trade is imminent.
The Pelicans have been saying they don’t want to move Ingram for Durant throughout the offseason.
HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto reported last month that in trade talks involving Durant There’s little traction, and the Pelicans didn’t put Ingram on the table when those discussions took place. Durant is still waiting for his trade settlement to be requested in June. According to The Shams Charania, the 33-year-old later told Nets president Chongxin Tsai that he had no confidence in the direction of the team and gave him an ultimatum to either trade him or fire coach Steve Nash and general manager Sean Marks. Sports and stadiums. The Pelicans have shared some similarities with the Nets over the past three seasons. Injuries have kept them both from playing their best players together for a long time. Zion Williamson, who signed this offseason extension for five years, has been Played only 85 games since being selected first overall. Ingram playing with Williamson has the potential to make New Orleans a Western Conference playoff team.
Since being acquired by the Pelicans from the Los Angeles Lakers as part of the Anthony Davis trade in July 2019, Ingram has Averaged at least 20 points and 4.0 assists per game in 2019. Each of his three seasons at the club.
New Orleans has finished under .500 in each of the past four seasons . It did make the playoffs last season as the No. 8 seed, losing to the Phoenix Suns in the first round in six games.
