Brandon Ingram is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on September 2, 1997 in Kinston, North Carolina, United States. 6-foot-8″ forward picked second overall at the 2015 NBA Draft with the Los Angeles Lakers. After three seasons playing for the Lakers they traded him for the New Orleans Pelicans in 2019. He was awarded an NBA The Most Improved Player of the Year award in 2020.
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Brandon Xavier Ingram (born September 2, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the second overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.
While Ingram grew up in a one-story house on Highland Avenue in Kinston, his brother Donovan grew up in a different house but would spend weekends with Brandon, teaching him basketball. Kinston had an extremely high crime rate, but Ingram kept his focus on basketball. Before Ingram was a teenager, his brother allowed him to play with him and his older friends. He described this experience as “the best thing that ever happened to my game”. His brother, known as Bo, went on to play college basketball for South Plains College (2008–2010) and UT Arlington (2010–2012). By the time Brandon reached eighth grade, Stackhouse became Ingram’s Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) coach and mentored the young basketball player. Those influences “took me to the next level”, said Ingram, whose foundation as a player came from his father. His father was a high school and collegiate referee who stated Brandon “was trained correctly, both mentally and physically. He grew up knowing the rules of the game”. Ingram played all four years of his high school basketball career at Kinston High School and helped lead Kinston to four straight state championships during his time there.
Ingram was the son of Donald Ingram and Joann Ingram and is the younger brother of Donovan and Brittany.
