Raptors F Ingram (ankle) 'pain-free,' says coach

Toronto Raptors guardant Brandon Ingram has been cleared for interaction arsenic helium works his mode backmost from an ankle injury.

"He's pain-free, he's moving well, helium got stronger," Raptors manager Darko Rajakovic told TSN connected Thursday. "He's successful a really, truly large spot."

The 27-year-old erstwhile All-Star is expected to instrumentality portion successful upcoming squad scrimmages, per TSN.

Ingram has been completing idiosyncratic workouts and grooming with the Raptors portion rehabilitating the wounded that ended his play connected Dec. 7, erstwhile helium was inactive a subordinate of the New Orleans Pelicans.

Ingram joined the Raptors successful a February trade that sent Bruce Brown and Kelly Olynyk to the Pelicans. Days aft the trade, Ingram agreed to a three-year, $120 cardinal extension with the Raptors, a woody that reportedly includes a subordinate enactment successful 2027-28.

He has not played a crippled for the Raptors. He was officially shut down for the season connected April 9 aft receiving a platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection to assistance his recovery.

An All-Star successful 2019-20, Ingram averaged 22.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 5.2 assists successful 18 games successful 2024-25. He owns vocation clips of 19.5 points, 5.2 boards and 4.3 assists successful 495 games (456 starts) for the Los Angeles Lakers (2016-19) and Pelicans. The Lakers drafted him No. 2 wide successful 2016.