With just under a month until the season tips off, most New Orleans Pelicans fans are excited to see how their reloaded roster looks in regular-season competition. However, one day before tip-off is a hugely important deadline for one marquee name on this roster; Brandon Ingram.
Ingram, a member of the 2016 NBA Draft class, joins a pool of former first-round picks seeking their rookie-scale extension heading into the 2019-2020 season. The deadline arrives on Oct. 21, just one day before the NBA’s regular season tip-off (when the Pelicans take on the Toronto Raptors).