32-Year-Old NBA Rookie Steps Off Bench And Floors Crowd In 'Helluva Opening Night'
After a decade in the NBA's minor league, Andre Ingram finally got his shot — and he made it count. By the game's end, the rookie with the gray-speckled hair had earned a chorus of "MVP" chants.
Andre Ingram didn't know why his exit interview had been bumped up a day. But he had his bags packed anyway. A longtime veteran of the NBA's minor league, he knew there was no need to dawdle after his season wrapped with the South Bay Lakers in El Segundo, Calif., especially with his wife and their daughters waiting for him in Virginia.
By the end of the meeting Monday, though, to play with the Los Angeles Lakers through season's end.
