NBA source Marc Stein claims that Brandon Ingram is requesting a $210 million contract extension.
The fact that the New Orleans Pelicans do not want to give Ingram a max extension makes them willing to trade him.
In his most recent NBA column on Substack, Stein stated, “Ingram, with one All-Star appearance on his resume like Lauri Markkanen, has only one season left on his current contract and is said to be seeking a four-year contract extension worth nearly $210 million.” “While several teams have looked into trades involving Ingram since the offseason began in earnest, no other team willing to sign the 26-year-old at those numbers has yet emerged… with league sources saying that Ingram’s camp has also joined the efforts to find one,” the Pelicans have made it clear that they won’t go to those lengths to re-sign him.
Ingram’s contract is coming to an end this year. In 2024–2025, he will earn $36 million.
A Duke product, Ingram shot 49.2% from the field, 35.5% from outside the arc, and 80.1% from the free-throw line while averaging 20.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 0.8 steals, and 0.6 blocks for the Pelicans in 2023–2024.
In the first round of the 2024 playoffs, the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Pelicans sweepingly.
With the Los Angeles Lakers and Pelicans, Ingram has averaged 19.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 0.7 steals, and 0.6 blocks throughout his career. The Most Improved Player of the Year Award for 2019–20 went to him.
Ingram was acquired by the Pelicans from the Lakers in 2019. With Ingram, New Orleans has yet to win a postseason series.
Is it possible to work out a compromise number with the Pelicans so that Ingram can surprisingly stay in New Orleans longer? Or would he really think about playing out the last season of his $36 million contract, with players like Trey Murphy III and Herb Jones pushing for bigger roles and New Orleans rumored to be looking for a new center above all, in order to become a free agent the following summer? According to Stein, the Pelicans probably don’t want anything to do with the latter case either.
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