Andre Ingram’s basketball career included six NBA games with the Los Angeles Lakers and many more in the G League, where he holds the record for the most career games played and three-pointers made in league history. Ingram may now add the title of Wheel of Fortune winner to his list of accomplishments.
On Friday’s episode of the show, Ingram, who is currently playing for the South Bay Lakers, was one of the candidates, and he not only did well, but he also won large. Ingram took home $31,750 because to some lucky breaks on the first two puzzles of the night. Megan was awarded $19,855 for second place, and Thipp was awarded $6,800 for third place.
Perhaps the most impressive aspect of Ingram’s large payday is that he didn’t win anything in the bonus round. After receiving the standard RSTLNE, Ingram chose the letters GCPO, resulting in the following:
As Pat Sajak pointed out, one extra letter would have made a huge difference for Ingram. He knew the first word was “FIERCE” right away, but Sajak’s prediction was correct, and Ingram was unable to acquire “BLIZZARD,” so he didn’t add $39,000 to his final total.
Nonetheless, this is a big sum of money for Ingram. It’s disputed if it’s as spectacular as playing in the NBA G League for more than a decade and scoring 19 points in your first NBA game with the Lakers, earning plaudits from the late Kobe Bryant.
