Brandon Ingram vs Giannis Antetokounmpo rookie year comparison

Inside the Arc Jumpers

Notably, the Kinston native did manage to shot a better percentage on jumpers inside the arc. Ingram knocked down catch and shoot, as well as pull-up two’s, almost 18% more efficiently.

It should be stated, however, that this increased efficiency has more to do with Giannis shooting extremely poorly from this area of the floor, as he never exceeded shooting more than 25% than it does with Ingram being a major jump-shooting threat from inside the arc.

Regardless, due to the Greek’s immense struggles on catch and shoot and pull-up mid-range jumpers, Ingram shot a better percentage on these types of shots from the field overall.

At the Rim

Lastly, despite shooting much better percentages on mid-range jumpers, Ingram’s two-point field goal percentage was merely .3% better, as he shot 44.3% from this distance.

The main reason for this is that although the Kinston native had more success from mid-range, Giannis often opted for a closer look at the basket where he was most effective.

During his rookie campaign, the Bucks forward attempted more than half of his shots less than 10 feet from the basket, using either lay-ups or dunks to score at a decent field goal percentage of 50.9%, which in turn increased his two-point field goal percentages.

However, Ingram actually shot a slightly better from less than 10 feet out at 51.1%, but he took far fewer attempts from this range. Ingram often settled for a less efficient mid-range pull-up jumper, which ultimately hurt his field goal efficiency.