The Lakers originally still loved Ingram, but the talent of the thick eyebrows is too fragrant, and the management is not willing to give up James's only chance to win the championship, so the Lakers chose to trade. Exchange your talents for a combat power that can be used. For the Lakers, they may have sacrificed opportunities for years to come. But they have reaped success. In the post-Kobe era, the Lakers have proven with a championship that the management this time is not worse than ever.
The team's victory was bought with the sacrifice of the players, so many fans wondered if Ingram, once a talented scorer, was nostalgic for playing at Staples with his brother. This is difficult for us to measure, because Ingram's life at the Pelicans is not bad, with big contracts and a core position. Except that the ball market here is not so big, and there are not as many lights as Los Angeles, everything is fine.
Ingram bone is in love with the Lakers, as a fan of Kobe, when participating in the draft, Ingram told all reporters that his wish is to become a Lakers player. Because the Lakers are Kobe's team, he also wants to be a member of his idol team. 72 days after Kobe Bryant retired, the Lakers chose Ingram with a list of signs. Everyone agreed that the young man would be an important figure in this reconstruction journey. After all, his draft template has two famous big names: George Gerwin and Kevin Durant. The template also indicates that Ingram will head in the direction of a super scorer. As long as there is no injury, the results and hopes that Yingge gives to the fans will surely far exceed everyone's expectations.
The management naturally also had high hopes for the young man, so it provided an opportunity for Yingge from the beginning. According to his template, everyone fantasizes about how to play. It's a knife-to-hand drop outside the three-point line, a relentless score in the mid-range zone, and a give-and-take on the inside. It can be said that talent declares his dominance in the arena. But the reality is that Yingge did not do everything that everyone wanted him to do.
He's not a magic ball type player, and he's not very good at three-pointers. In the first three seasons of entering the league, the Warblers did not even break one of their average three-point shooting per game. For a player positioned as a scorer, this is certainly an unqualified result. Some people may say that since it is not three points, it may be that the middle distance area will have a prominent contribution? Not really. Ingram's strength is not strong, as can be seen from his size, this is not a player who is good at using his strength to score. Coupled with entering the league, Ingram's original mid-range advantage was also gone. His offensive means are still very simple, and he wants to create a reasonable shot space through the speed difference, but finds that he has not yet mastered the appropriate emergency stop skills.
Seeing this, some people may ask, since Yingge is not good in these places, then what does he rely on to score? Relying on counterattacks, relying on fast attacks, these are all advantages. However, if it is in other teams, this advantage of Yingge may be magnified, and at the time, the Lakers, obviously not. Because there are too many players in the team who need the ball, Russell needs it, Lou Wei needs it, and there simply isn't enough ball to give to Ingram. So everyone can see that Ingram did not show a very exciting expected result in the early days, but disappointed the audience again and again. In addition, the magnesium lamp in Los Angeles originally had an amplification effect, and this shortcoming, under the action of the amplifier, suddenly pushed Ingram to the cusp of the storm. Many people say that this is just a parallel cargo, and it is not worth the team's expectations. The subsequent joining of James also did not lead this group of young people, which is why when the management chose to trade him as a chip, there was not much opposition to the emergence of the main factor. No way, this is a reasonable change-for-change operation.
Since it is so garbage, the Lakers did not send it away in the first few seasons, but gave it back the opportunity, is this one of the reasons why Ingram stays here? Not really. Because it's the magician who really determines Ingram's chances. The magician believed that this was a talented young man who could express himself on a larger stage. So even though there was news that George intended to join the Lakers, the Magician was still unmoved. Perhaps thinking of the magician's kindness, Ingram still pays a little attention to the magician's face when talking about the Lakers.
After getting the ball, Ingram can be said to be reborn. Compared to the previous season, he played more naturally, he could become a high-level organizational striker like Griffin, or he could finish in the flanks like his template player Durant. The offseason's polishing let Ingram know that his offensive means are far from enough, and his physical talent is the most important weapon that can open the gap with other players. So from that offseason, Ingram entered his first evolution. (The second evolution was after the Pelicans, who became a leader, became more mature in his playing style and knew how to string together his own team and create the right scoring opportunities for his teammates.)
Then again, Ingram is just a draft template and body shape very similar to Durant, so what are the similarities and differences between the two of them? In terms of playing style, Durant is more versatile. In the Thunder's early possession style of play, three scoring kings. In the Thunder's late no-ball play, tandem team, he is a forward player who can do all-round without dead angles in the true sense, and even with a little bit of organizational ability. But Ingram is not ok, and the late Yingge also seeks a breakthrough on the no-ball end, but the effect is not so significant, and his offensive ability and threat are more reflected in the ball-holding end. In other words, without the ball, Ingram would be much less threatening. That's why he can mix with the Pelicans, who are willing to give in the ball to Ingram, so it's easy to get results.
Another one, Ingram's hand work is more general, that is, we said, the technology is still very rough. This also has to do with talent, Durant has found strong technical characteristics since entering the league, and every year is fully evolved. The warbler song only began to exert force in the second half, and for this piece, the warbler song is still a little worse. Overall, it's a good ending. Let the song continue to play, and the Lakers should be very happy to see their children become a party overlord.