This Nets-Pelicans Trade Features Kevin Durant

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Brooklyn Nets Receive: G/F Brandon Ingram, G Devonte’ Graham, 2023 First-Round Pick (LAL via NOP), 2024 First-Round Pick (NOP)

New Orleans Pelicans Receive: F Kevin Durant

Of course, some players just about meet expectations. For example, look at Brandon Ingram.

Ingram is not among the league’s very best players. He’s not someone you’d look to in order to carry your team on a title run. At the same time, he’s a star.

If Ingram is your second-best player, you should be in the mix for an NBA championship. That’s a major compliment. If you haven’t noticed, championship-winning teams tend to be extremely deep.

All of this means that Ingram has roughly lived up to expectations as the second overall pick in the NBA draft.

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Nobody could call him a bust, but given his draft pedigree, it would be hard to call him a pleasant surprise either. He is what he was supposed to be.

Is he someone the Pelicans should part with?

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