NBA Draft: 5 destinations for Brandon Ingram
By John Buhler
Brandon Ingram will almost certainly be one of the first two players off the board in the 2016 NBA Draft. Here are five destinations for the Duke forward.
As the Duke Blue Devils march on to another trip to the Sweet 16 to face the Oregon Ducks in the 2016 NCAA Tournament, one player on Duke’s basketball team is possibly positioning himself to be the next No. 1 overall draft pick in the NBA.
While sophomore point guard Grayson Allen will play in the NBA one day, scouts are clamoring over Duke’s 18-year-old freshman small forward Brandon Ingram, as he might be the pro prospect that could end up going ahead of the LSU Tigers’ Ben Simmons No. 1 in the 2016 NBA Draft.
Ingram is lanky to say the least at 6″9″ and 195 pounds, but has a wingspan over 7″0′, has a good handle of the basketball, and most importantly a great basketball mind offensively. He’s got great touch on his mid-range shooting game, distributes the basketball well in a point forward role, can rebound and block shots with the best of the players in the NCAA, and could become a great defensive juggernaut in the NBA.
While he’s not the slashing type of offensive playmaker of Simmons, Ingram has the feel of a smoother version of the Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo, a highly intelligent player that can play several different positions on both ends of the floor.
In the way that the NBA is becoming more positionless by the season, Ingram seems like a perfect fit in the modern pace and space era of the NBA. Along with Simmons, Ingram will go either No. 1 or No. 2 in the 2016 NBA Draft. Here are five teams that make the most sense for him to join at the top end of the NBA Draft Lottery this summer.
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