{"id":169637,"date":"2020-09-01T08:06:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T06:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=169637"},"modified":"2020-09-01T08:06:55","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T06:06:55","slug":"brandon-ingram-mip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/brandon-ingram-mip\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans\u2019 Brandon Ingram wins 2019-20 Kia NBA Most Improved Player Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram has been named the 2019-20 Kia NBA Most Improved Player, the NBA announced today.<\/p>\n<p>A first-time NBA All-Star selection in his fourth season, the 22-year-old Ingram becomes the first player to win the Kia NBA Most Improved Player Award with New Orleans.\u00a0 The annual award is designed to honor an up-and-coming player who has made a dramatic improvement from the previous season or seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Ingram received 42 first-place votes from a global panel of 100 sportswriters 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and 1.0 steal, joining fellow 2020 NBA All-Stars Don\u010di\u0107, Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks, James Harden and Russell Westbrook of the Houston Rockets, LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and Kawhi Leonard of the LA Clippers.<\/p>\n<p>Ingram made 137 three-pointers in games played through March 11, which is more than he recorded in his first three seasons combined (127).\u00a0 He improved significantly at the free throw line, raising his accuracy to 85.8 percent this season (through March 11) from 66.2 percent across his first three seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Through March 11 this season, Ingram ranked 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in the NBA in scoring average and posted the first two games of at least 40 points in his career, highlighted by a 49-point performance against the Utah Jazz on Jan. 16.\u00a0 He scored at least 30 points 11 times after totaling four 30-point games across his first three seasons.\u00a0 One of those 30-point efforts this season came during Week 10 (Dec. 23-29, 2019), when he was named the NBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n<p>Ingram, who turns 23 on Sept. 2, was selected as a reserve for the 2020 NBA All-Star Game in his first season with New Orleans.\u00a0 The Pelicans acquired him on July 6, 2019, from the Lakers as part of a three-team trade that also included the Washington Wizards.\u00a0 Ingram, who was selected by Los Angeles with the No. 2 overall pick in NBA Draft 2016 presented by State Farm, averaged 18.3 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 0.54 steals in 33.8 minutes in 52 games with the Lakers last season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The voting results for the 2019-20 Kia NBA Most Improved Player Award are below.\u00a0 The balloting was tabulated by the independent accounting firm of Ernst &amp; Young LLP.\u00a0 Complete ballots for each voter will be posted at pr.nba.com after the announcement of all end-of-season awards.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" 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