Jeremy Ingram (183-G-1991, college: AAMU) may still be many years away from being in the company of Regionalliga legend Ricky Easterling, but there is no doubt that this walking bucket has been one of the best players in that league in the last 3 years as his explosive scoring showed in Idstein, Mannheim and Bargteheide. That the guy hasn´t landed in the Pro A or Pro B is already a scandal, but that’s how the basketball wheel spins in Germany. One thing he hasn´t lost is his love for the game and if no teams in higher leagues sign him, well then he will continue to do his magic in the Regionalliga and terrorize teams. This season he was set to take on a new challenge with Wusterhausen and he was as excited as a little kid on Halloween about this new experience. But instead of already having played 3 games, he actually didn´t play any games in the last month, because he had been released by his team without explanation. “To be honest I still don’t know the exact reason why they tried to terminate my contract but 1 of my sources said it was due to a sponsor dropping out so they wouldn’t be able to pay me. Instead of management talking to me and trying to figure something out they pretty much called me and said “You can’t play here no more”. No explanation, no anything. Just pretty much told me I can´t play or practice with the team no more. There are clauses that protect players which is why I sued the club and took them to court”, stressed Jeremy Ingram. To be idle and see everyone playing was very difficult for him to witness. “It was super tough simply because out of all my years here in Germany teams have showed me nothing but love and respect so this whole situation caught me off guard. Some of my friends say I was spoiled since I have been here so maybe I needed something like this to happen to see that everything won’t always be peaches and creme. But emotionally it was tough”, said Jeremy Ingram.

I reach Jeremy Ingram who knew before the start of the World Cup that team USA wouldn´t win it all in Braunschweig who just moved into his new apartment and is feeling upbeat again after his horrible calamity that he experienced in Wusterhausen. It was obvious that in his down time in the last month that he checked the Regionalliga box scores every Monday. It was also no surprise that he noticed the explosive play of BG Hagen American Shawn Scott. “I checked around the different leagues to see what´s going on. I don´t really know Shawn like that but I do see he has been having a great season so far. Another guy that is proving he deserves to play in a higher league so kudos to him. Hopefully he gets the opportunity sooner or later”, stated Jeremy Ingram. He is super thrilled that he gets a new chance in Braunschweig, but also super disappointed how the whole situation began and ended in Wusterhausen. The way the organization treated him was just unacceptable and not how any human being should be treated in any job. “They treated me very bad and inhumane. It was already too late to find another team and they didn’t pay me, and they told the coaches and team they weren´t allowed to talk to me or they could possibly lose their job. All of this after they pretty much begged me for months to come play there. I turned down at least 3 other teams to go there which is why I was disappointed the most. I moved all my stuff to Berlin and pretty much was there prepared for the whole season and they kicked me off the team and treated me like a random person on the streets. Most unprofessional and disrespectful organization I have ever been a part of”, stressed Jeremy Ingram. One would think that there are clauses in players contracts to protect them, but apparently he was at a dead end “They never gave me any options to stay, I guess it was we can’t pay you so you will not play here. Thats the only option they gave me. They just told me it wasn’t my fault at all but they have to terminate my contract and that was the start of the madness”, commented Jeremy Ingram. On top of not being able to suit up for the team, he had difficulty in his free time to work on his craft as he had to find places to get up shots on his own. “The team wouldn’t let me use any of the facilities so I had to pretty much get shots up on outside courts. I was in the weightroom and was very heavy during that period of time because I wasn´t able to play basketball for like 3-4 weeks”, expressed Jeremy Ingram.

The Alabama native who thinks the NBA will see a Golden State-Bucks final this season now has landed with Regionalliga team Braunschweig. He is super excited that he will be playing for the farm team of easyCredit BBL team Braunschweig that is run by NBA player Dennis Schroeder of the Toronto Raptors. “When all this happened with Konigs Wusterhausen I reached out to a few teams I played against before and I started talking with the coach, who is a great guy by the way, I really appreciate him because he let me come and workout with the team and here we are today. Yea Dennis is pretty much the president here in this town and apparently I just missed him when I got here. I met his brother and talked with him so hopefully I’ll meet Dennis when he is back here”, added Jeremy Ingram. Ingram is a guy that doesn´t shy away from giving his 2 cents about NBA players, but surprisingly the 10 year vet Dennis Schroeder hadn´t been on his radar for that long. “I actually just started to like Dennis the past 2 years. At first I thought he was overrated but he is developing and maturing a lot and I have nothing but respect for him because he is becoming a very good basketball player”, warned Jeremy Ingram. The team is very young as nobody is older than 22 years of age except Ingram who is 32. “I´m excited to play with the young guys. They are very energetic and athletic and they have those young fresh legs so hopefully we can get out and run the fast breaks and have many highlight plays”, stated Jeremy Ingram.

Miles Schmidt-Scheuber and Jeremy Ingram in Limburg, Germany 2022

The explosive guard who believes Shai or Steph could win the NBA MVP award, but thinks that the Greek Freak will probably give Europe the 6 MVP title in a row is a guy that has been used to scoring in the Regionalliga. One would think that he might score more with a weak young team, but he doesn´t see it that way. There is definitely scoring talent on the club. “I have now been back on the court like 2 weeks now and I am feeling excited and blessed to be back. But I am definitely ready to start terrorizing people again. I will take on more of a leadership/veteran role here I assume. The young guys already admire how I play so I will try to do what I can to be a good vet teammate to not only win games but to help them develop more also. But it doesn’t matter what team I play for, I will always be myself and I´m sure teams already know this. These guys are young but they can score and they play not only Regionalliga but they also play with the BBL team. So they are young but they can play basketball so I´m not really looking to put up career numbers just put up enough numbers to help my team win games because that´s all that ever matters to me”, warned Jeremy Ingram. Not every player overseas is going to have a flawless career. So often players get screwed by teams and some guys react well while others don´t. For Jeremy Ingram, it was definitely a vital learning experience. “A few of my friends said I needed this experience because since I’ve been in Germany all my teams have showed me so much love and kindness that I was completely blind to the other side of overseas basketball. And things like this happen but I let my guard down because I have been so blessed in my 6 year career. This situation has definitely made me be more alert now”, stressed Jeremy Ingram. He will suit up for his first game this Sunday against ASC Goettingen. As soon as the jump ball has happened, Jeremy Ingram will be focused 100% on basketball. The Wusterhausen experience will be long behind him. All he cares about is playing the game he loves. Braunschwieg has shown him real love. That is all he ever asked for.