Strengths: Offensive Versatility
Ingram is an extremely versatile offensive threat who can beat the defense both off the dribble and spot-up.
A 6-9 small forward, the Duke product has certain gifts that one simply cannot teach. As a result, defenders will often be forced to account for the combination of his size and perimeter shooting ability. An example of this can be seen in the clip below, in which Ingram’s man is simply too slow to prevent the tall forward from shooting off of a pop from the pick-and-roll.
Being a small forward enables Ingram to be a matchup problem against opposing small forwards as well as guards. Therefore, when switched on to smaller players, Ingram can use his height to his benefit by shooting over them and essentially rendering his own shot uncontested:
Though his shot wasn’t falling consistently at Summer League, something that looked to be largely due to the grind of playing three games in four nights as well as five games in eight nights (something that will be corrected with NBA conditioning), Ingram showed that he’s going to be able to break down defenses in a variety of ways as he continues progressing in his development.
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