Ingram stopped and glanced over, giving a subtle head nod. The Raptors acquired the former All-Star and Most Improved Player in a trade agreed upon late Wednesday night. Ingram is still getting to know his teammates. He said he chatted with the face of the franchise, Scottie Barnes, whom Ingram assessed as a “goofball” off the court.

Lost in the shuffle of NBA trade deadline madness was a deal that sent Brandon Ingram from the New Orleans Pelicans to the Toronto Raptors. Ingram had been a trade candidate for some time, but there was never any noise about which teams were interested in him or if he would even get traded before Thursday's deadline.

The Toronto Raptors might have the third-worst record in the Eastern Conference, but that didn't stop them from making an aggressive win-now move ahead