Official Brandon Ingram Thread

TheRaptor! · Post #221 » by **TheRaptor!** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 12:53 am

AkelaLoneWolf wrote:
LoveMyRaps wrote:WE ARE GONNA BE REALLY GOOD NEXT SEASON.

PLAYOFF LOCK.

with a healthy ingram, only celtics, nyk and cavs are truly better than us.

We have the assets to get above and beyond their level too

Son Goku 25 · Post #222 » by **Son Goku 25** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 12:54 am

He should use the next 9 months to get into the best shape possible, I'm excited.

I have this sour taste from the Rudy Gay trade but this isn't the same thing thankfully, they are diff players and diff situations.

Son Goku 25 · Post #223 » by **Son Goku 25** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 12:55 am

TheRaptor! wrote:
AkelaLoneWolf wrote:
LoveMyRaps wrote:WE ARE GONNA BE REALLY GOOD NEXT SEASON.

PLAYOFF LOCK.

with a healthy ingram, only celtics, nyk and cavs are truly better than us.

We have the assets to get above and beyond their level too

Agreed. Once Jrue and a couple of their guys leave we'll be right there. As for the Cavs I can't take them seriously yet, Knicks can be actually dangerous.

AkelaLoneWolf · Post #224 » by **AkelaLoneWolf** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 12:57 am

Son Goku 25 wrote:He should use the next 9 months to get into the best shape possible, I'm excited.

I have this sour taste from the Rudy Gay trade but this isn't the same thing thankfully, they are diff players and diff situations.

gay was a desperation trade for a floundering team. very different situation. if anything, the siakam trade is like the rudy gay trade away from toronto. we secured a bunch of impactful pieces that should help us win games in the future.

Boogie! · Post #225 » by **Boogie!** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 1:04 am

Son Goku 25 wrote:He should use the next 9 months to get into the best shape possible, I'm excited.

I have this sour taste from the Rudy Gay trade but this isn't the same thing thankfully, they are diff players and diff situations.

Also gay didn’t even wanna be here… I’m pretty sure he was on a podcast recently and he shat on us… him and bosh are former raptors I don’t give a **** about… Ingram actually likes Toronto

TheRaptor! · Post #226 » by **TheRaptor!** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 1:09 am

Son Goku 25 wrote:
TheRaptor! wrote:
AkelaLoneWolf wrote:with a healthy ingram, only celtics, nyk and cavs are truly better than us.

We have the assets to get above and beyond their level too

Agreed. Once Jrue and a couple of their guys leave we'll be right there. As for the Cavs I can't take them seriously yet, Knicks can be actually dangerous.

I think we are at the level of the Knicks before KAT and Cavs before Mitchell

But we got a lottery pick coming in who I hope is franchise altering on his own.

Bright future ahead.

bape_lovers · Post #227 » by **bape_lovers** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 1:11 am

Rudy and Bosh was the last people that hated here, everyone that came and go loves here

Boogie! wrote:
Son Goku 25 wrote:He should use the next 9 months to get into the best shape possible, I'm excited.

I have this sour taste from the Rudy Gay trade but this isn't the same thing thankfully, they are diff players and diff situations.

Also gay didn’t even wanna be here… I’m pretty sure he was on a podcast recently and he shat on us… him and bosh are former raptors I don’t give a **** about… Ingram actually likes Toronto

Ell Curry · Post #228 » by **Ell Curry** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 1:24 am

tsherkin wrote:
If we get the 5th pick I will be sad.

It would be a very "Toronto luck" result, though.

I gotta say, I no longer feel this way. The title cleansed everything for me apart from some vestiges of dislike for Vince, Babcock and Bargnani.

We're one of the 11 teams that have won a title since we've been around. Kawhi coming to us and staying healthy and getting the (fairly standard but still, not all teams get it) injury luck with the Warriors we did in the finals. I'm still feeling lucky.

Drakeem · Post #229 » by **Drakeem** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 1:35 am

Glad people are starting to come around after the reassurance that the pick is goal #1.

There’s risk involved, but we got a great talent on the cheap to hope if we can take a big leap.

deeps6x · Post #230 » by **deeps6x** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 1:38 am

JustBuzzin wrote:
dballislife wrote:so what is ingrams actual current health status

High

No seriously did you see his farewell post to Nola on his IG?

I legit can't understand any of it.

HumbleRen wrote:

Read on Twitter
?s=46

Have those talks while he's (possibly) high. Masai, get him on the phone right now.

DangerZone13 · Post #231 » by **DangerZone13** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 1:45 am

I don't think we've seen the best of Brandon Ingram yet, and Darko's system is really going to elevate him. I think it'll cause him to adjust his shot diet in favour of creating for others as well.

I also feel like Scottie can learn some things from Brandon to make his offense more potent as well. Scottie shares Ingram's length advantages, while also having the strength to add a new dimension to those tools. I have a good feeling about the impact this will bring.

And1Skip · Post #232 » by **And1Skip** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 1:46 am

bape_lovers wrote:Rudy and Bosh was the last people that hated here, everyone that came and go loves here

Boogie! wrote:
Son Goku 25 wrote:He should use the next 9 months to get into the best shape possible, I'm excited.

I have this sour taste from the Rudy Gay trade but this isn't the same thing thankfully, they are diff players and diff situations.

Also gay didn’t even wanna be here… I’m pretty sure he was on a podcast recently and he shat on us… him and bosh are former raptors I don’t give a **** about… Ingram actually likes Toronto

Gay may not have liked it here, but he was under contract beyond the season he was traded here. I think a good comparison is remember when we traded JO for Shawn Marion at the trade deadline when we were already well out of the playoff picture? He made us win too many games near the end of that season, that we ended up with the 9th pick (to draft DeRozan - though we could have drafted Curry or Harden had we lost more games). Then Marion was a FA and left. We used that capspace to sign Hedo LOL.

bape_lovers · Post #233 » by **bape_lovers** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 1:48 am

BC years, we trade everyone

And1Skip wrote:
bape_lovers wrote:Rudy and Bosh was the last people that hated here, everyone that came and go loves here

Boogie! wrote:
Also gay didn’t even wanna be here… I’m pretty sure he was on a podcast recently and he shat on us… him and bosh are former raptors I don’t give a **** about… Ingram actually likes Toronto

Gay may not have liked it here, but he was under contract beyond the season he was traded here. I think a good comparison is remember when we traded JO for Shawn Marion at the trade deadline when we were already well out of the playoff picture? He made us win too many games near the end of that season, that we ended up with the 9th pick (to draft DeRozan - though we could have drafted Curry or Harden had we lost more games). Then Marion was a FA and left. We used that capspace to sign Hedo LOL.

WuTang_CMB · Post #234 » by **WuTang_CMB** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 2:37 am

Read on Twitter

LoveMyRaps · Post #235 » by **LoveMyRaps** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 7:05 am

Against the defending champs, our arch-nemesis, the Boston Celtics:

Watch on YouTube

LoveMyRaps · Post #236 » by **LoveMyRaps** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 7:09 am

Compiled a bunch of clutch moments from Ingram:

Watch on YouTube

In conclusion: INGRAM DOES NOT SHY AWAY FROM BIG MOMENTS.

DaFroMan · Post #237 » by **DaFroMan** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 8:14 am

I'm not convinced his latest injury is that bad. Not really a secret NO was shopping him. High ankle sprain occurred...trade talks heat up with teams...pels ask him to continue being "injured" ingram until they trade him.

I bet we see him sooner than we think unless raptors ask him to continue being "injured" for the tank.

Thaddy · Post #238 » by **Thaddy** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 8:31 am

How can we expect a player that was never healthy to suddenly become healthy? If we load manage Ingram we're going to struggle to get into the playoffs. This trade didn't make sense on several levels. Masai has a problem paying for players that can't even suit up. The injury excuse isn't real, don't overpay snowflakes that can't dress for the game.

ChillPill · Post #239 » by **ChillPill** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 9:47 am

BI's injury history is scary, for sure. This is what I am scared of the most. But the Raps front office also basically only sent out a late first round pick. It's a smart risk.

Raps in 4 · Post #240 » by **Raps in 4** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 10:13 am

Son Goku 25 wrote:
TheRaptor! wrote:
AkelaLoneWolf wrote:with a healthy ingram, only celtics, nyk and cavs are truly better than us.

We have the assets to get above and beyond their level too

Agreed. Once Jrue and a couple of their guys leave we'll be right there. As for the Cavs I can't take them seriously yet, Knicks can be actually dangerous.

No we won't. :lol:

Who is our Tatum?

If we find our 1A scorer this year in the draft, this team can compete in 2-3 years. Y'all are completely deluded if you think we're going to be competitive next year. We'll compete for a 6-10 seed, sure, but nothing higher than that.