{"id":731211,"date":"2026-05-11T04:09:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T04:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/731211\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T04:09:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T04:09:17","slug":"raptors-have-clear-5th-pick-regret-for-brandon-ingram-trade-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/731211\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors have clear 5th pick regret for Brandon Ingram trade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Raptors have clear 5th pick regret for Brandon Ingram trade<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Toronto Raptors<\/a> weren’t far off from having the No. 5 overall pick in the loaded 2026 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n

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Instead, the Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> have that pick, that almost belonged to the Indiana Pacers<\/a>. And in its place, the Raptors have Brandon Ingram.<\/p>\n

Regrets? Maybe.<\/p>\n

And yeah, it’s a bit complicated.<\/p>\n

The Pacers’ 2026 first-round pick was originally sent to the Raptors in the Pascal Siakam trade. It was denoted as top-four protected.<\/p>\n

The Raptors then sent it to the Pelicans<\/a> in the Ingram trade.<\/p>\n

The Pelicans then sent it back to the Pacers for the 23rd pick in the 2025 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n

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Of course, no one was anticipating the Tyrese Haliburton torn Achilles that made the pick so valuable.<\/p>\n

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The Pacers sent the pick to the Clippers in the Ivica Zubac trade this February.<\/p>\n

Indiana would’ve kept it if it finished top-four, but instead, it was No. 5, and so the Clippers got it.<\/p>\n

The Raptors, if they never made the Ingram trade, and if Haliburton still got hurt, maybe would’ve ended up with the fifth overall pick this year.<\/p>\n

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Maybe that’s just outside what is a clear top-three or top-four, but it’s also a loaded point guard class with multiple choices that could go in that fifth spot.<\/p>\n

The Raptors have Ingram instead. Yes, he led them in scoring in 2025-26, but it’s not clear this Toronto core is good enough. A pick like No. 5 in this draft may have been preferred.<\/p>\n

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