The times main as much as the NBA commerce deadline on Thursday have come quick and livid, and that continued late Wednesday evening because the Raptors acquired Brandon Ingram from the Pelicans.
The deal will see Ingram head north of the border, with the Bruce Brown Jr., Kelly Olynyk, one first-round decide and a second-rounder headed to The Huge Straightforward, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported.
Studies had first began to floor earlier within the evening {that a} deal was coming down the pipeline involving Ingram heading to the Raptors earlier than the complete scope of the swap emerged.
Ingram had additionally been faraway from the Pelicans’ bench on Wednesday evening after the primary half as commerce rumors picked up, The Athletic’s Will Guillory reported.
Ingram has been off the courtroom attributable to an ankle damage sustained in December.
He has performed in simply 18 video games this season.
His manufacturing has nonetheless been spectacular sufficient to warrant the intrigue from Toronto, which provides him on an expiring contract.
The Pelicans had not been in a position to come to an settlement with Ingram on an extension, prompting the choice to maneuver on from him.
Ingram had been a member of the group for six seasons after taking part in for the Lakers for the primary three years of his NBA profession.
The Athletic beforehand reported that the Raptors and the Hawks had been “neck-and-neck” within the sweepstakes to amass Ingram’s companies.
Ingram has averaged 22.2 factors, 5.2 assists, and 5.6 rebounds and shot 37.4 p.c from past the arc this season.
Brown — now headed to New Orleans — can be on his fourth group within the final three seasons after leaving the Nets by way of free company after the 2021-22 season.
Brown is an unrestricted free agent after this season and is making $23 million this 12 months.