Brandon Ingram
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Ingram in a closed practice
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| No. 14 – Los Angeles Lakers | |
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| Position | Small forward |
| League | NBA |
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| Born |
September 2, 1997 Kinston, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Kinston (Kinston, North Carolina) |
| College | Duke (2015–2016) |
| NBA draft | 2016 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall |
| Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers | |
| Playing career | 2016–present |
| Career history | |
| 2016–present | Los Angeles Lakers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Brandon Xavier Ingram (born September 2, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Ingram had a successful high school basketball career at Kinston in North Carolina, where he won state titles each of his four years of high school and was named North Carolina's Mr. Basketball. He attended Duke University for one season of college basketball and earned second-team all-conference honors in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) as a freshman. After the season, Ingram decided to forego his remaining college eligibility and declared for the 2016 NBA draft, where he was selected second overall by the Lakers.
Ingram was born on September 2, 1997, in Kinston, North Carolina. He is the son of Donald and Joann Ingram. He has two half-siblings, an older brother, Donovan, and an older sister, Brittany. He shares a father with Donovan and a mother with Brittany. Ingram's father started his career as a police officer and a manager of a local gym, but he is now full-time at a welding plant, where he makes fork lifts. Before that, Donald was a would-be hoops star, pushing his way through the semi-pro leagues. When he moved back home to Kinston, his father started playing pickup games with a young Jerry Stackhouse, who was looking to play locally against older and more experienced players to help him elevate his game. Stackhouse, an ex-NBA star and Kinston native, forged a friendship with Ingram's father on the basketball court.
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.
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