Brandon Ingram, Raptors agree to three-year extension

Brandon Ingram, Raptors agree to three-year extension

Less than a week after getting traded to the Toronto Raptors, Brandon Ingram has signed a three-year, $120 million extension with the organization, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania first reported Tuesday.

The Raptors acquired Ingram ahead of last week’s deadline for Bruce Brown, Kelly Olynyk, one first-round pick and one second-round pick. The first-round pick they traded was Indiana’s 2026 first while the second was the Raptors’ 2031 second.

Ingram hasn’t played since early December with an ankle sprain, and there’s still no timetable for his return. In 18 games, he’s averaged 22.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game.

He was in the last year of his five-year, $158.3 million deal he signed ahead of the 2020-21 season. Thus, he could negotiate an extension at any point this season–even with his new team. According to Spotrac, his first-year cap hit on his extension will be worth $28.1 million with a $41.9 million player option in 2027-28, the last year of his deal.

This is a curious deal for Toronto, one of the worst teams in the NBA at 16-37. It traded first-round capital to acquire, so it’s not surprising that they did give him a fairly hefty extension–but that’s also part of the issue.

Heading into 2024-25, Ingram missed a combined 33.3 percent of his games over his previous three seasons due to injury. The one-time All-Star hasn’t been the healthiest duck on the pond. Not to mention, Ingram operates in similar spots with two of the Raptors’ three-best creators in Scottie Barnes and RJ Barrett.

Next year, Ingram, Barnes, Barrett and Immanuel Quickley will account for $137 million–approximately 88.5 percent of the salary cap. Perhaps they will explore trades this offseason to get off either one of Barrett or Quickley to free up some flexibility, but that’s simply too much for a team that doesn’t have much direction with duplicitous skill sets.

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