Brandon Ingram traded to Toronto Raptors

TORONTO – Brandon Ingram is coming to the Toronto Raptors.

The New Orleans Pelicans traded Ingram to Toronto for Bruce Brown, Kelly Olynyk of Kamloops, B.C., a 2026 first-round prime and a second-round prime from an undisclosed year.

The 2026 first-round prime is reportedly a top-four protected prime from Indiana that the Raptors acquired successful a blockbuster woody for all-star guardant Pascal Siakam past year.

ESPN was the archetypal media outlet to study the details of the Pelicans-Raptors swap little than 16 hours earlier the NBA’s commercialized deadline. The Associated Press has since confirmed the deal.

A six-foot-eight tiny forward, Ingram is averaging 22.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 5.2 assists this season.

Ingram has not played since Dec. 7 with a sprained near ankle.

Toronto acquired Brown connected Jan. 17, 2024 arsenic portion of the woody with Indiana for Siakam. He’s averaged 8.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists this play aft missing clip pursuing off-season arthroscopic genu surgery.

Olynyk grew up successful Toronto earlier moving to Kamloops arsenic a teen and was traded to his boyhood squad by the Utah Jazz connected Feb. 8, 2024 up of past season’s commercialized deadline. He signed a two-year hold with the Raptors connected March 4 worthy a reported US$26.25 million.

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He besides started the 2024-25 run injured with backmost issues, but has averaged 7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists truthful acold this season.

The Raptors person the fifth-worst grounds successful the NBA aft a 138-107 nonaccomplishment to the Memphis Grizzlies earlier Wednesday night.

Toronto has a 42.1 per cent accidental of getting a apical 4 prime successful the NBA draught lottery and a 10.5 per cent accidental of selecting archetypal overall.

Duke Blue Devils defender Cooper Flagg is the statement apical prime successful this summer’s draft.

This study by The Canadian Press was archetypal published Feb. 5, 2025.