That I´m a massive supporter of Jeremy Ingram (183-G-1991, college: AAMU) is no secret. I met him for the first time in the fall of 2020 as Covid was in full swing and he was playing for Regionalliga team Idstein and was relatively unknown in Germany. Unluckily for him that season was cancelled after only 2 games. My first impression of him was simply a walking bucket. Since then I have covered him extensively and even gave him a weekly question and answer session in the 2022-2023 season. All in all, I have interviewed him 22 times and written 6 articles on him. Everything has been displayed on German Hoops and the well known eurobasket.com. Unfortunately all my love hasn´t rubbed off on organizations in higher lelagues. The reward he has gotten has been grinding at the Regionalliga level season by season. The big positive is that he is known as one of the best Regionalliga players in the last years. But still he can´t live a lavish lifestyle. He has played at 3 Wally Super Cups the last 3 seasons. A great opportunity for him to get some exposure and have Pro A team Eisbaeren Bremerhaven see him in action. “The pro a players were there at the game and I believe someone in management also. I´m sure that organization has heard my name come up numerous times. I always figured if they were interested they would hit me up though. My name is pretty popular there in Bremerhaven so I´m sure they know of me”, said Jeremy Ingram. This dude should be playing at the Pro B level and could at least get a chance at the Pro A level. After grinding for so many years in Germany and getting substantial exposure in the Regionalliga, teams don´t hit him up in higher leagues. “To be honest I don´t know why. I have scrimmaged Pro A and Pro B teams and gave them all 30+ but again it´s no secret how political Basketball in Germany is. Once they finally give me a chance don’t worry I will show them what I can do. I try not to stress about it but it´s crazy what all I have done and accomplished and still haven’t got a higher league shot yet but that´s life sometimes, you don’t always get what you feel you deserve and that´s ok”, stressed Jeremy Ingram.

I reach Jeremy Ingram only a few days after the new year and he is in good spirits. “I´m currently in Germany but who knows where I’ll be next week because I´m always on Go. Basketball always treated me well but lately it’s been treating me very well”, stated Jeremy Ingram. Despite a new year, the American wasn´t able to really take in the whole new years experience. “The last few days of 2024 was very busy for me from doing basketball training sessions, doing basketball camps, and playing in a basketball game. So I was literally in bed when the new year came in because I was beyond tired”, stressed Jeremy Ingram. Is he one of those dudes that focuses on new years resolutions? “Elevation. 2024 was a great year for me but in 2025 I want to Elevate my Wins Even more”, warned Jeremy Ingram. Last season Jeremy Ingram played his 8th professional season with SG Braunschweig (Germany-Regionalliga) averaging 24.8ppg, 5.6rpg, 1.7apg, Steals-3 (2.8spg), FGP: 55.9%, 3PT: 38.3%, FT: 83.2%. I always love looking in late summer where he has signed to play and hope he has escaped the Regionnalliga, but this time there was no welcome Jeremy Ingram to a new team. “In April 2024 after my season was finished I got injured playing pick up basketball on the military base. I had a few offers to go different places. A couple of the offers in other countries but since I was hurt I couldn’t play. Since I wasn’t hooping like I am normally I had plenty of time to focus and expand my training business. I honestly think I needed a year away from playing after how my last season went.”. stated Jeremy Ingram.

He decided to take a year off from playing professionally and decided to elevate his training business. He can´t just walk into a school and say here I am. “I’ve been doing individual training for years. I have been training adults, kids, women, everyone since covid time. Because I was still playing basketball full time I just couldn’t focus on training because I didn’t have enough time. People recognize good basketball training so I´m starting to work with more and more people. It’s been fun, exciting, and refreshing. I love it, ”commented Jeremy Ingram. He has always been an intense player and it isn´t any different when he is barking motivation and wisdom to his clients. “My sessions most of the time are very intense. They range from either 1 hour or 2 hours. Depends on what they prefer and their age because I don´t train anyone 10 and under over 1 hour. I train from ages 10 all the way to age 39/40. I have a few clients who are in their 30s. I base the session off of their needs. In my sessions we literally work on everything; from basketball training to strength and conditioning”, expressed Jeremy Ingram. Training individuals is a lot different than hooping and is always a massive challenge. “The biggest challenge of training for me is to try and keep basketball fun for these kids while still making sure we can keep improving while having fun doing it. I would say my other challenge is I need my own gym so I can train at any hours of the day I choose”, said Jeremy Ingram. Being able to train kids is something that really goes right to his heart. “I like to watch kids grow as basketball players and I love seeing the improvement. I didn’t really have anyone to show me the game when I was growing up, I had to learn on my own. So it´s a pleasure for me to share my knowledge to the younger hoopers who need basketball guidance. I train a lot of Americans kids on the military bases and most of my camps I do are kids in Germany. I got the best of both worlds”, warned Jeremy Ingram. He has a giant advantage over German trainers in that he has his own special path different from others, but isn´t easier than being strict? “I think it’s not necessarily easier but it makes me different, a good different. Kids like my style of basketball. Because German coaches all pretty much teach the same methods and do a lot of the same things. I bring more sauce to the game and show these kids you don’t have to play like robots to be successful and its ok to play with a lil swag”, smiled Jeremy Ingram. So is training his calling for the long term? “ I do think training kids is my calling but I´m definitely trying to suit up again next season”, commented Jeremy Ingram.

He recently participated at the Wally Super Cup where he won the MVP trophy 3 times scoring 30, 50 and 30 points. “This super cup in general was special to me because I haven’t really been playing basketball or training hard like usual and I still went out there and dropped 30 against other hoopers so that just let me know I still got it”, stressed Jeremy Ingram. Did battling against men give him an itch to play again? “ So I really haven’t been having time to hoop because of all the training and honestly I was fine not hooping for the first time in like 11 years. But playing in this game and hearing the crowd cheer, and crossing people over and man it felt super good. So for the first time I started to miss it and I think I´m ready to get back out there again”, said Jeremy Ingram. He met up with his ex coach Chris Cummings who coached him a few years ago with Regionalliga team Mannheim. You can notice right away when you see both together that they have a very special relationship. “Me and Chris met when he was my coach in Mannheim years ago but now our relationship is bigger than Basketball. That´s my man 100 grand. Appreciate him and everything he ever said or did for me”, warned Jeremy Ingram.

In the past I have talked NBA playoffs with him as well as Lebron James and his all-time scoring points record, so it is always interesting to hear his take on the current NBA season, “My biggest surprise are the Timberwolves. We all thought they would be a lot better than they are right now especially after how great their last season was”, stated Jeremy Ingram. One guy I have followed a lot recently is another walking bucket with Shai Gillgeous-Alexander. He and Michael Jordan are the only players in history to average 30,0ppg and shoot 50% from field 3 years in a row. Is he a top 3 NBA player at the moment and can the Thunder win it all? “I watched Shai live a couple months ago when I went to OKLAHOMA CITY and that man is very good at basketball. I would say he is Top 3 for sure possibly top 2. No one can guard him and his team is winning. They are always super good but I just still can’t say they are ready to win a championship yet, but we’ll see I guess”, said Jeremy Ingram. So far the Golden State Warriors haven´t won so much with Dennis Schroeder. Despite that can they be a threat in post season? “The Warriors have championship pedigree and they got Steph Curry so I will always give them a chance”, warned Jeremy Ingram. The Boston Celtics belong to the top teams in the east. Can they repeat and where is Jayson Tatum among the top NBA players at the moment? “I will say it´s definitely a big possibility the Celtics can repeat this year but it´s a couple teams I think are just as good. Tatum is definitely top 10 in the NBA without a doubt”, added Jeremy Ingram. 2 other great guards Donovan Mitchell and Jalen Brunson are leading their team to success. Are they top 10 players? “Not quite sure if I would put Brunson in the top 10 because of so many good players in the NBA but I would possibly have Mitchell around 9 or 10”, commented Jeremy Ingram. I´m definitely going to remember his NBA predictions and it will be interesting to see where his journey will take him next season. For now he is just mega happy to be training kids and staying involved with the game he loves.