Originally Posted by
Pelicanidae
Ingram is very good at some things, quite good at some other things, and really terrible at a few things.
Some of those good things are really nice things to have alongside Zion - and fit around Zion should be a big priority because he's the centrepiece of the team going forward, fairly obviously.
Ingram can shoot, which works. He's a solid passer which works. He's a good finisher at the rim when he gets there, which works, and he can shoot FTs which works.
The downsides to Ingram's game right now is that he's a really really dreadful defender - yes, as you point out in the OP, worse than Zion - and he's really pretty terrible in late-game situations. His decision making goes in the toilet and his efficiency follows it there. This is an issue, yes.
For me, I'm willing to let it ride for a while longer. We obviously need to see it improve but he has taken such huge strides over the last 2 seasons and he's under contract for a good while so I'm happy to just wait and see if he can continue polishing that game before I decide that he can't be a part of the team long term. It's too early to decide that, I think, given his growth curve recently.
Of course, if a guy who has already shown those abilities who is as good a fit or better comes up, I wouldn't mind using Ingram as a trade chip for that character, but I'm not eager to see him go; I think Ingram could be a very very good 3rd Guy on a high level team if he can just solve a few problems.