With two games remaining the Lakers called in a reinforcement, a gray-haired developmental league veteran who has waited a long time for a chance to play in the NBA.
Andre Ingram was signed for the rest of the season. Ingram, 32, has spent 10 years playing in the NBA's developmental league. He played for the South Bay Lakers this season, averaging 9.1 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists.
He played four years at American University but was not taken in the NBA draft in 2007. He was, however, chosen in the seventh round of the developmental league draft by the Utah Flash and became the Flash's all-time leading scorer before the team suspended operations in 2011.
The South Bay Lakers, then called the D-Fenders, signed Ingram in March 2012 and he spent four seasons with them before a stint in Australia. Ingram joined the South Bay Lakers in March 2017, spending the rest of last season and this season with the team, which reached the G League's Western Conference finals this season before they were eliminated by the Austin Spurs.
