Someone on Twitter posted a widget that tracks player's efficiencies in various playtypes, both offensive and defensive, over the last 7 years. I thought it would be cool to see how Ingram has changed and improved in various categories over that time. It's based on Synergy data, just for reference. Site available here if you want to check the numbers or look at any other players yourself:
https://burakcankoc.shinyapps.io/PlaytypeBreakdown/
I'm not posting the figures for playtypes like ''misc'' and ''pnr rollman'' in which Ingram has either played so little for it to be meaningless (he has 14 career possessions as the roller in a PnR according to synergy) or where it's nebulous as to what it means, like misc.
Transition:
|
Points per Possession |
Number of Possessions |
Effective FG% |
2016-17 |
0.82 |
124 |
47.2% |
2017-18 |
1.72 |
180 |
69.8% |
2018-19 |
1.22 |
185 |
65.7% |
2019-20 |
1.14 |
264 |
57.8% |
2020-21 |
1.09 |
134 |
61.5% |
Pick and Roll - Ball Handler
|
Points per Possession |
Number of Possessions |
Effective FG% |
2016-17 |
0.59 |
193 |
31.0% |
2017-18 |
0.79 |
305 |
43.1% |
2018-19 |
0.79 |
251 |
42.4% |
2019-20 |
0.90 |
333 |
49.4% |
2020-21 |
1.00 |
313 |
52.1% |
Isolation
|
Points per Possession |
Number of Possessions |
Effective FG% |
2016-17 |
0.78 |
132 |
40.8% |
2017-18 |
0.77 |
147 |
37.8% |
2018-19 |
1.00 |
140 |
53.2% |
2019-20 |
0.96 |
191 |
46.7% |
2020-21 |
1.01 |
126 |
48.5% |
Spot-up
|
Points per Possession |
Number of Possessions |
Effective FG% |
2016-17 |
0.93 |
198 |
46.8% |
2017-18 |
1.08 |
123 |
52.9% |
2018-19 |
0.88 |
128 |
44.1% |
2019-20 |
1.12 |
299 |
56.9% |
2020-21 |
1.22 |
191 |
60.5% |
I won't post the other playtypes because, frankly, he just doesn't do them often enough. For example, in 2019-20 he was posting about 1.5ppp on cuts but the reality is that they made up so few possessions (he had fewer than 1 per game) that it was pointless to transcribe; the sample size over the years was just too small.
There are a few clear trends here though. Firstly, look at the value of the spot up shooting improving nearly every year (slight relapse in his final season in LA) with the volume and EFG% both spiking once he comes to New Orleans.
Similarly, when looking at his transition scoring you can see that the expected points per possession for Ingram has been dropping basically every year, and you can
also see where his
rate of transition scoring attempts seems to have dropped from Gentry to SVG.
The PnR Ball Handler craft has always been pretty high volume but you can see the slow-and-steady improvement in the eFG% over the years. The actual ppp isn't crazy high or elite, but 1ppp is perfectly average offense and is fine thing to be able to default to for a guy who is your secondary offensive weapon: if your backup ballhandler is capable of self-generating league-average offense on his own whenever your main guy is off the floor or playing off ball or having a bad night, that's a pretty reliable fall-back plan.
It's fun to literally watch the progress through the years in some of these categories, even if it's not a linear and uniform growth across all categories.