Brandon Ingram stood at a fork in the road in his career. On one road, the sign read “Giannis Antetokounmpo”, the other, “Kevin Durant”. Ingram shrugged, remembered how messed up his jumpshot form was, and stepped confidently onto the Giannis path.
For real though, those Durant comparisons were probably only based on how skinny he was. Anyone with eyes could see the stilted-ness of his jumper. He has reduced his attempts from the perimeter in favor of driving to the rack and using his lengthy length to finish, and it’s working. He’s scoring points now, something he wasn’t really doing last year, and by next year, he’ll be off my channel and I can fully focus my efforts on Josh Hart once and for all.
Needs to work on his athleticism, though, if he really wants to be the next Freak. If I were him I would never stop doing calf raises, EVER. If he does them all summer, he’ll be dunking on a 12-foot rim in the dunk contest by this time next year.