Toronto – Raptors Brandon Ingram striker was closed for the rest of the season after receiving an injection in the injured left ankle, coach Darko Rajakovic said Wednesday.
Ingram had been marginalized since the beginning of December due to a sprain left ankle. He had not played for the Raptors since he was acquired from New Orleans on February 6. He signed a three -year contract extension and $ 120 million with Toronto on February 11.
Toronto received Charlotte at the end of the house on Wednesday. The Raptors have two games left.
Rajakovic said Ingram visited a specialist in New York City last week, when the Raptors faced the Brooklyn Nets. Ingram received an platelet rich plasma injection on Tuesday, said his coach.
“It’s what you need,” Rajakovic said. “He has been recovering very well.”
Rajakovic said that Ingram was expected to be healthy on time for Toronto’s summer training program.
Selection number 2 in the 2016 Draft, Ingram averaged 22.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 5.2 assists in 18 games this season.
Ingram sat on the bank on Wednesday with a basketball shirt from the University of Houston Couars with the name of his teammate Jamal Shead and the number 1 on the back. Ingram, who played a season in Duke, had to wear the shirt after losing a bet when the Coupars recovered to beat the Blue Devils last Saturday in a game of national semifinals.
Shead played for Houston from 2020 to 2024.
