The hope is that a healthy Ingram helps improve the Raptors’ tepid half-court offence, and the backline of Barnes and Poeltl and can make up for some defensive shortcomings on the perimeter. If Ingram plays his best basketball, the cost of the acquisition will seem reasonable.

The Pelicans and Raptors may be talking about a Brandon Ingram deal at the NBA trade deadline but it's still a rumor at this point.