NBA rumor: Pelicans want to trade Brandon Ingram this summer / News - Basketnews.com

Brandon Ingram may depart the New Orleans Pelicans sooner than expected.

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New Orleans Pelicans star Brandon Ingram has a high possibility of being traded elsewhere in the upcoming summer.

Brandon Ingram

Team:New Orleans PelicansPosition:SFAge:26Height:203 cmWeight:86 kgBirth place:United States of AmericaProfileNewsStatistics

According to Marc Stein, the Pelicans will be active on the market to trade for Ingram "before next season."

"League sources say that Ingram's exit is increasingly viewed by various league observers as an inevitability rather than possibility," Stein also noted.

Brandon IngramCredit AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack - Scanpix

Ingram still has one year on his contract and will earn $36 million in the 2024-25 season. He is normally slated to be a free agent in the summer of 2025, but it appears that the Pelicans would like to trade for him sooner.

It was reported in early May that the Pelicans were not intent on offering Ingram a contract extension.

Ingram averaged 20.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 5.7 assists per game in 64 appearances during the 2023-24 campaign for the Pelicans.

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