In what’s been a very difficult stretch of games for the Lakers, there’s been a clear silver lining especially since the All-Star break: the play of Brandon Ingram.
In the last six games, Ingram is averaging 27.8 points on 57.0 percent field goals and 52.9 percent from three, plus 7.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
One of the stops along Ingram’s recent hot stretch was Memphis, where former NBA standout Jerry Stackhouse is an assistant coach. As we detailed last season, Stack has known Ingram since he was in fourth grade, and serves as a mentor – and basically, an uncle – to this day.