Mike Trudell: Brandon Ingram will not join the team on the remainder of the trip (through Tuesday at Brooklyn), but is progressing well from the sprained ankle.
Brandon Ingram Rumors
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Position: F
Born: 09/02/97
Height: 6-9 / 2.06
Weight:195 lbs. / 88.5 kg.
Salary: $5,757,120
Born: 09/02/97
Height: 6-9 / 2.06
Weight:195 lbs. / 88.5 kg.
Salary: $5,757,120
The Lakers won’t surrender Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Kyle Kyzma or Josh Hart to the Phoenix Suns in their pursuit of forward Trevor Ariza, said people familiar with the situation who were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. The Lakers have informed teams that have called about trade proposals that they will not give up any of their young core unless it’s for a superstar player, one person said.
Mike Bresnahan: Brandon Ingram will not travel with the team to Houston, as expected, and will be evaluated again Saturday. If Ingram’s knee feels better, there’s a change he meets up with the team later that day in Charlotte, Luke Walton said.
However, Ingram told Mike Trudell on the latest episode of “Lakers Voices” that Lakers president of basketball operations Magic Johnson has told him to relax about how things are going and not stress too much about his slow-ish start: ”I actually talked to Magic maybe a week ago I had the same conversation with him about just being patient. He was just telling me, know ‘it’s gonna come.’ With all the work that I put in this summer, just let it come and just have fun playing basketball.” ”You really don’t want to listen to everyone (about) playing basketball, because everybody is going to tell you what you want. But to hear it from a guy that’s been through it is better.”
Los Angeles Lakers forward Brandon Ingram has an ankle sprain, an MRI showed, according to the team. He will be re-evaluated in a week. The Lakers are at Memphis on Saturday night, host Miami on Monday and are back on the road Thursday against Houston.
Kyle Goon: Josh Hart is going to start tonight in place of Brandon Ingram, who is not on the trip. Interestingly enough, the last time Hart was in the starting lineup was the last time the Lakers played in San Antonio.
