Brandon “me shooting 9 shots is not going to win basketball games” Ingram goes 3-15 from the field in game 2.
Bro was cooking out there! 3-15 to go with 5 turnovers and a +/- of -15. Absolute fire! Cleveland goes up 2-0.
He wasn’t wrong.
But him shooting 15 also didn’t win the game.
So let’s see what that magic number is
Getting big 2019 Kyrie “I won’t shoot 7⁄22 again” Irving vibes out of this one.
Atleast Ingram wasn’t also demanding to defend Mitchell 1v1 and throwing his teammates under the bus
Not yet.
Somebody gotta ask Ingram what shape the Earth is before I feel safe.
Probably 35. But still would be a loss.
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he should try 30 next game
Game three extinction burst.
Raptors 🤝 Hawks fans, watching Ingram and Jalen disappear in the playoffs
lol at least you guys have a functional enough offence to survive jalen stinkers, we don’t
tbf we’re missing IQ. we’re not winning much playing Shead 38 minutes.
yeah well if they lost cj they’d still have naw or vice versa
I, for one, am done with Duke and Kentucky draft picks. Please any other college. 😢
Typical dukeys
Dean Wade
The other day when T-Mac said, “Sam Merrill? Dean Wade? These guys are gonna stop BI? You gotta attack the mismatches.”
I just knew thatd backfire lol.
maybe him shooting no shots could be the strategy
Yup, Barrett and Barnes were at least making shots
Could have went to them
I’ll always have a soft spot for BI, so it really bums me out to say it felt like the team played much better with him on the bench tonight.
That’s Derozan music
Brandon “I just met Dean Wade” Ingram
Lu Dort a few years ago too. The letter D seems to be his kryptonite.
40 million for the next 2 years…
He is a good player unfortunately he is paid like a great one
That’s the biggest problem with the NBA. There are a lot of good players getting paid like superstars. They aren’t, but they get paid like ‘em.
I don’t believe the whole “another team will pay them” line either.
Like sure, take 5-10 mil more and go to Sacramento
With the salary cap the way it is, he’s not really being paid like a great player.
He was the 32nd highest paid player this season and currently will be the 38th highest in 27⁄28 (and likely to drop further with new contracts signed between now and then).
It depends on your semantics of what you decide is the difference between good and great
He is not close to the 32nd best player in the league is my point and even by the time his contract finishes he will still not be worth it.
I understand BI is playing like doodoo right now but he was an all-star, he’s definitely worthy of “32nd” best.
Yes he was an all star no he wasn’t 32nd best, even including injuries.
Definitely not voting him For rookie of the year
When he’s not got it going offensively, this is where shooting 3’s or getting to the line or being a better playmaker or defender could really benefit his game
But
Theyve said that for years. For the most part, non top end players dont change their game a ton 9 seasons in.
Mhmm, he is who he is
Brutal
DeBrandon DeIngram
Smart move by him to get his extension before the Raptors saw him in the playoffs
The nature of this game is that you’re not going to have it every night. and your shots will miss. the best way to get guaranteed points is getting to the line…which we also don’t like.
It’s very easy to clown players on their bad games. It doesn’t make any of the points we make valid.
The issue is Ingram isn’t a good defender and a terrible playmaker. When his shots aren’t falling he’s useless. He also doesn’t get to the line a lot
I’m just saying that’s what you clown him for. The shot isn’t going to be dropping every night. that’s the nature of the beast. Think of Paul George who got clowned relentlessly in his prime when his shot wasn’t dropping and he actually was playing good defense.
I’m more commenting on the trend that I think needs to be called out on here. Those bad Luka and Lebron games where they weren’t playing their best and were just not getting back on defense, that deserves to be clowned more than just the guy missing shots. Missing shots is just how basketball works.
Guys like Luka and Lebron basically never have bad games so that’s a terrible example.
they literally did during the regular season. when you don’t get back on defense, you should be shat on plain and simple
Luka had like 3 bad games this year. For Lebron it’s a little different because he’s the oldest player in the league. If you look at his prime years he had maybe 2 bad games per season as well.
and he complained to the ref instead of getting back on defense. much more worth clowning than a bad shooting game
Those bad Luka and Lebron games where they weren’t playing their best and were just not getting back on defense, that deserves to be clowned more than just the guy missing shots. Missing shots is just how basketball works.
Luka and Bron are elite playmakers when their shots aren’t falling in. Also, people wouldn’t clown him as much if he didn’t said what he said.
Toronto sucks
coach was right, youre a screener pal enjoy your 40mil a year to be a post
Just 2 ways not to make a light bulb
Best player for cleveland tn. That boy nice fans on top
Lmao
I was waiting for this post
Ugh
I mean to be fair we now also know that him shooting 15 shots is not going to win basketball games. Two numbers down two to go.
SMH tough night for him. Most of them were part of his regular shot diet too
Aged like milk. Got to be an all time stinker following a bitch session like that.
Dude has no first step speed. Once in a while he’ll pass by somebody and still settles for a middy. If I didn’t know any better I’d say he doesn’t like contact.
Next games 22 FGs gonna hit like crack in the 80s
I am really over the constant negativity on /r/nba.
SGA shooting
Quoting this line as a takedown of Ingram and putting it next to a poor shooting night says more about the comprehension of what he was talking about than it does Ingram lol.
But it’s the internet/rnba way. I’m not a raptor fan btw.
These sarcastic thrash posts are so lame
that was out of context. hopefully raptors fans will write essays to explain you that. they’ll say the same thing over and over in so many words so hopefully you get it bro
If I see anyone defend BI after tonight imma crash out, does this guy have even one good series
he’s cooked