Lakers Draft Prospect: Brandon Ingram On Why He Should Go First Overall

Lakers’ draft prospect, Brandon Ingram hasn’t been shy about talking to the media, this time going on ESPN’s First Take to sit down with Skip Bayless and Molly Qerim

Recently working out for the Los Angeles Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers, the two teams expected to take him in the upcoming NBA Draft, Brandon Ingram has said and done everything right throughout the course of his short pre-draft journey.

Soft spoken, hard working and staying true to his word of being accountable and taking responsibility for his own actions, any team would be ecstatic to have Ingram as a building block moving forward.

Coming fresh off the news that the Philadelphia 76ers are still unsure of who they are going to pick come June 23, First Take got straight to the point asking Ingram why he thinks he should be the first overall pick.

"My characteristic standpoints. I think I have high character, I have a mental toughness about myself, and I have something that I don’t think other guys have. I think when you look at my body type you see all these weaknesses, but I think I’m actually stronger than people think. So, I think I bring an advantage to the table."

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While Simmons is often characterized by his cockiness, though that seems to have been over played, Ingram on the other hand is more so praised for his humble confidence as is shown by his answer to this question and the questions that followed.

In regards to “all these weaknesses,” Ingram revealed that before entering the NBA he hopes to be about 210, 13 pounds more than his current weight of 197.

Skip Bayless also tried to bait Ingram into talking bad about his counter-part, Ben Simmons, but he managed to stay professional as expected. In regards to Simmons, Ingram said,

"I think he’s a very good player. Just watching him in high school and college, he was a very aggressive guy and he got to the rim when he wanted to. He was a double-double guy every night and overall I think he’s a great player."

However, when asked “If he [Simmons] goes one, and you go two, will you be driven to show the world you should’ve gone one?”

"Most definitely, I think me being a competitor, I think that’s very important in my eyes to just, not just go at him, but go at every player in the league and try to learn from different players that’s already been there."

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Even with the Sixers indecision, I think at the end of the day Brandon Ingram will be a Los Angeles Laker, quickly proving to the league that he should have been the number one pick in 2016 Draft.