208 million in 4 years! Refuse to renew! He really doesn't fit in Zion

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2024-05-14 00:15Posted in Beijing Sports Creators

On the evening of May 13, Beijing time, according to NBA Marc Stein, the Pelicans will trade Ingram this offseason to explore his trade market. The Cavaliers, Hawks, 76ers and Magic are the frontrunners in the Ingram trade. Previously, Fox Sports reporter Evan Sidery broke the news that the Pelicans will not renew Ingram's contract in the offseason.

According to the rules, Ingram is eligible to sign a four-year, $208 million max contract with the Pelicans this summer. Another Pelicans player, Trey Murphy, is eligible to sign a four-year, $100 million contract this summer. Pelicans reporter Will Guillory said: The Pelicans are leaning towards a contract extension with Murphy rather than Ingram, and the Pelicans want to go in a different direction.

Why did the Pelicans give up on re-signing Ingram and still trade him? 1. Ingram's own performance is not good, and he is far from the team's expectations; 2. During this year's playoffs, Ingram and Pelicans coach Willie Green had a verbal altercation in the locker room. Ingram thinks he has too little ball, so Green gives him more.

From 2019 to 2024, Zion and Ingram have worked together for 5 seasons, and the Pelicans have done nothing in these 5 years. Of course, this is not Ingram's own problem, after all, Zion has been on and off. However, the Pelicans decided to continue building around Zion, and management decided that Ingram and Zion were not a good match.

In this year's playoffs, Zion missed a game due to injury, and the Pelicans were swept by the Thunder. Ingram averaged 14.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1 steal, 1.3 blocks and 2.3 turnovers in 36.5 minutes per game in the playoffs, shooting 34.5%, 25% and 89.5% from three. The true shooting percentage is only 45 percent in the playoffs and 57.8 percent in the regular season.

Murphy averaged 42.2 minutes per game in the playoffs, scoring 11.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.3 steals, 1.5 blocks, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls, shooting 37.5% from the field and 33.3% from three-point range, with a total of 0 free throws in 4 games. He averaged 14.8 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 0.9 steals per game in the regular season while shooting 44.3%, 38% and 81.5% from three.

Murphy's playoff true shooting percentage of 47.9 percent is also well below the regular season's 61.2 percent. Murphy was born on June 18, 2000, is 2.03 meters tall, has an arm span of 2.16 meters, and is the No. 17 pick in the first round in 2021. He is currently on a four-year, $14.8 million rookie contract that expires in the summer of 2025 and has a salary of $3.36 million this season.

Ingram was born on September 2, 1997, is 2.03 meters tall and has an arm span of 2.21 meters. In the 2016 NBA Draft, he was selected with the second pick in the first round. It's been 8 years since he entered the NBA, has Ingram caught up with his high expectations? His contract is five years and $158 million, which expires in the summer of 2025, leaving one year and $36 million.

In the regular season this season, Ingram played only 64 games, averaging 20.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 0.8 steals and 2.6 turnovers per game, shooting 49.2%, 35.5% and 80.1% from three. The scoring and free throw shooting percentage are both career lows for the Pelicans. When he first entered the league, fans called him "Little Durant", but the gap between him and KD in the same period was too big.

Where is Ingram's next home? As stated at the beginning of the article, the Hawks, Cavaliers, Magic, and 76ers, all four of which are Eastern Conference teams. The 76ers would prefer George or Butler, and if they can't catch up, they will consider Ingram. The Eagles have already made a No. 1 pick, and it will be up to them to decide who they want to keep chasing Ingram.

Final question: Which team do you think Ingram would fit into?

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