Originally Posted by
Pelicanidae
Completely agree.
The issue isn't necessarily the iso-ball. Obviously you don't want too much iso ball, but every now and again it can be fine and it can be very useful to have the ability to score in isolations when the defense isn't giving you anything else. The problem is when you are choosing isolation shots when other, better shots are available and easier.
Like you said, he had open teammates and ignored them. If there's 6 seconds on the clock and nobody can get free and you're forced to isolate, fine, but when Derrick Favors is wide open rolling to the rim and you try a contested fadeaway instead and get blocked, that's a horrible choice.
Either he doesn't have the vision to see that pass (which is bad, because it was directly in front of him and wide open) or he thinks his shot was a better one (which is worse, because it was an awful shot). There's nothing about that situation which is good.
If he's capable of understanding that in the film room, and shows improvement over the next dozen games or so, then all is well. Sometimes players string together a few stinkers, it happens. But if he either doesn't see the issue or refuses to move on from it, that's scary, and we have to ship him off. See if you can convince the Wolves to part with Robert Covington or something. Send him to Chicago for Otto Porter. Trade him for picks and draft Isaac Okoro next year, any of these options would be better than keeping Ingram if he's committed to isoball.