3toheadmelo wrote:TrueWarrior wrote:3toheadmelo wrote:Oh and keep in mind.. he did this with MIKAL guarding him. I aint never heard of mikal locking up any star in the playoffs.
Mikal held Ingram to 61.9% FG in this series
1. Healthy Ingram is imaginary. We simply cant commit big money to him and OG. I choose OG.
2. Why are the Pels looking to move him if he was so good? They’re committing to Jones and Murphy more, who are similar to Mikal. Ingram has moments where he scores well, but he’s just not good enough consistently and doesn’t do much else well.
3. I say it all the time but there’s only one basketball dude. If Ingram comes here your boy Julius gets diminished. Why do you not have confidence in Julius and this team, after what we saw in January? Julius is the 2nd option, and OG, Donte, and Deuce can fill in as support. We could use another scorer for emergencies, but we’d have enough scoring at full strength.
4. Let’s keep it real. Ingram isnt a Thibs/Knicks player. He looks like he’s stoned 24/7. Who are we kidding with this guy? You seriously see him as helping us win a championship? He didn’t seem to mesh well with Jalen on team USA either, as he prefers the mid range just like him. He’s basically a better RJ. A nice player, but just not what we need.
1. He's as injury prone as Jamal Murray and he still helped them win a chip
2. They have Trey Murphy who's younger than Ingram and it would be much cheaper to keep Murphy than give Ingram a big extension. Also saying Ingram doesn't do anything besides scoring isn't true. He's a pretty great playmaker and made some leaps defensively.
3. I don't care if Randle's role gets diminished. Actually better for him that way so he can be better on both ends. Randle's started to be more of a facilitator in January with OG and it looked great. Also if Randle/OG gets hurt, we need another scorer badly. Ingram gives us insurance.
4. Team USA was a joke. Nobody meshed well on that team. Idgaf if Ingram looks like he's stoned. He can hoop.
The Pels are shopping a guy in his prime for a reason, not just about money. Ingram would be worth it and they’d trade Murphy if he wasn’t fool’s gold who hasn’t lead them anywhere. He’s a solid passer I’ll give you that, but he’s a below average to average defender at best.
You, and some others here, are also too focused on injury insurance.
I’ll repeat: Ingram or Dejounte are not leading us anywhere if Jalen &/or Julius get hurt. They would not have won us a ring this season for example. We need to build the team thinking our guys will be mostly healthy.
If Jokic gets injured, Jamal Murray aint leading the Nugs anywhere. Same goes for any other superstar.
We got bit by the injury bug this season, but it allowed Donte, Deuce, Josh, and Isaiah to step up more. OG would have too if he didn’t get hurt. We just need our guys to stay healthy. You said it yourself our team looked great in January, so why mess that up? Let’s see if it was for real. Julius had a freak injury, and we can’t just expect him to all of the sudden become a better defender and shooter because Ingram comes.
We can get an emergency scorer, like how Burks was in the playoffs, but Ingram is simply too expensive, injury prone, and a questionable fit for that.
Ingram is also not a SG at all anymore man. He’s ball dominant and prefers the midrange on offense, and OG or Jalen shouldnt be guarding quick guards, so Ingram is going to be our guard stopper? Id rather have Deuce, Josh, Donte, or someone else for that role.
