Zach Lowe on Brandon Ingram being named as a replacement All Star selection: “I kind of think this slid under the radar, this is a borderline shocking choice. I don’t think Brandon Ingram should have been the choice”
Source (around 25:00)
“I think this went under the radar like, this is a borderline shocking choice to replace Steph Curry. I don’t think Brandon Ingram should’ve been the choice. Here is a list of players I would’ve taken over Brandon Ingram:
James Harden. Inexplicable…Julius Randle, the only thing that he’s not doing better than Brandon Ingram is shooting threes. He’s just better than Brandon Ingram. I thought we all I thought we all knew this. I don’t really understand what’s happening. Bam Adebayo, even in a down offensive year is just a winning player. I’m taking him 10 times out of 10.
Now we get into the ones where minutes played make it a little bit of a dicier case. Evan Mobley, Michael Porter Jr. Has Brandon Ingram contributed more in his 1800 minutes and those guys have 1400? Maybe, probably by a little bit. I just think those guys, particularly Porter Jr, have been better and I would’ve picked them despite they’re both injured right now.
I would throw Derrick White in their despite his crappy shooting. I just think the dude is a freaking winner. Derrick White could shoot 4⁄20 every night and the Celtics are winning his minutes every single night. I think Kon Knueppel probably deserves it over Brandon Ingram if i’m being quite honest.”