Lakers’ draft prospect, Brandon Ingram seems to be doing his darnedest to showcase why he should be the first pick overall in the upcoming draft
When it comes to the NBA Draft there are normally two trains of thought: the first involves selecting the best player available and the other does just the opposite, choosing the player who will best fit the team’s established system.
On occasion the players available will fit into both categories, for example, last season with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Karl Anthony-Towns, but many times that’s not the case, as is true with the upcoming draft.
Though Ben Simmons is widely regarded as the prospect with the highest upside in the upcoming 2016 NBA Draft, Duke prospect, Brandon Ingram seems to represent the better fit for both the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers.
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The Sixers are reportedly leaning towards drafting Simmons, sticking true to their mantra of drafting the best player available, often to a fault. This would leave Ingram to the Lakers and his fit with this current squad couldn’t be much better.
At 6’10 with a 7’3 wingspan, armed with a silky smooth jump shot and the ball handling ability of a guard, Ingram would slide seamlessly into the new look Lakers’ offense. However, just when you thought the hype surrounding Ingram couldn’t get any bigger, the internet has to go and prove you wrong.
Saturday afternoon, stylist Olivier Rogers posted a Tweet of Ingram’s impressive vertical jump with the latter’s head nearly smashing into the rim.
Ingram has showed off his vertical leaping ability before in a Duke University Youtube video in which he arguably gets his hand just about to the top of the backboard, but that was without a basketball in hand.
The newest clip, however, shows exactly what he can do when a ball is involved. While some may claim that the rim is lowered, using the video before for reference, it appears that what he’s doing is on a regulation sized hoop.
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At the end of the day, the Lakers will be happy to draft either Ingram or Simmons, as both with drastically improve their shot at a full rebuild but the former is truly pulling out all the stops to demonstrate that he should be the top pick come draft night.