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Brandon Ingram passed on a four-year, $160 million contract extension offer from the New Orleans Pelicans, sources tell Jake Fischer. Last week, Ingram was traded by the Pelicans to the Toronto Raptors. This week, Ingram signed a three-year, $120 million extension with the Raptors. Ingram will receive the same annual average with the Raptors of $40 million, but he has a player option for 27-28 that could allow him to test free agency a year early.

Ingram was widely shopped by the Pelicans over the past few months, but the Raptors and Atlanta Hawks were the only teams to really pursue him.

The Raptors reset their team around Scottie Barnes over the past 14 months by trading out OG Anunoby and Pascal Siakam while bringing in Immanuel Quickley, RJ Barrett and Ingram.

“They want to compete starting next year,” said one NBA figure with knowledge of the Raptors’ thinking.

Mikal Bridges and Austin Reaves are first-time teammates on Team USA for this summer’s FIBA World Cup. The Brooklyn Nets star is counting himself as a fan of the Los Angeles Lakers emerging star. Bridges also said people need to start thinking of Reaves in a different light.

“This ain’t no underdog s*** no more,” Bridges said of Reaves. “He’s here.”

Bridges went on to compliment Reaves’ game, including his ability to draw free throws.

“I’ve been a fan. … I think the biggest thing about him I like is that he knows how to draw a foul,” Bridges said of Reaves foul-drawing ability. “He knows how to create fouls and get to the free-throw line and that’s like a skill. He’s not just getting there. There’s a skill to that and it’s very underrated. People don’t really understand it but the ones that do, they know how tough it is to guard. That s***’s an art.”