Brandon Ingram opened up about his struggles during his time with the Los Angeles Lakers (2016-2019).
Ingram said it was a ‘different’ experience and felt ‘very uncomfortable’.
“I definitely felt very uncomfortable. It was different. I didn’t know what I was stepping into actually. It was kind of like the world came when you were going to the Lakers. My social media started blowing up. I was into social media, but then I had to step into reality.
I go into my first game, everybody knows who I am around L.A. It was just totally different. It’s different when it’s Laker love. You know you can get soaked up into the game of basketball or you can get soaked up into everything else that is around it in Los Angeles.
It was important for me to just focus on basketball,” Ingram told JJ Redick on the “The Old Man and The Three” podcast.
Ingram got traded from the Lakers to the Pelicans in exchange for Anthony Davis last season. Ingram had a breakout year with New Orleans, winning the Most Improved Player of the Year award and signing a max contract extension this summer.
