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Duke basketball: Brandon Ingram helps feed hundreds of families

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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 28: Brandon Ingram #14 of the New Orleans Pelicans, formerly of the Duke basketball team, reacts during a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Smoothie King Center on February 28, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 28: Brandon Ingram #14 of the New Orleans Pelicans, formerly of the Duke basketball team, reacts during a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Smoothie King Center on February 28, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)

Former Duke basketball player Brandon Ingram is helping feed hundreds of families in the New Orleans area.

The coronavirus pandemic is having an effect on millions of people across the United States, and former Duke Blue Devil Brandon Ingram is trying to help out in any small way possible in his NBA city of New Orleans.

Ingram has partnered with Goodr, which is a non-profit organization that focuses on trying to reduce food waste and end hunger.

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The two created two pop-up grocery stores in New Orleans that fed over 900 households with fresh produce, meat, seafood, snacks, shelf-stable items, and other supplies.

Brandon Ingram is the latest to join the fight against COVID-19 along with many former Duke basketball players, including his teammate Zion Williamson, who pledged to pay the salaries of the Smoothie King Center workers throughout the pandemic.

Mike Krzyzewski and the Blue Devil program have also made their presence known in fighting COVID-19 by joining the All-In Challenge and donating $250,000 to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina.

Duke’s All-In Challenge, which gives two fans once-in-a-lifetime access to the Blue Devils’ next home game against North Carolina, sold for $170,000 in an auction.

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Brandon Ingram is just in his first season with the Pelicans after the former No. 3 pick in the 2017 NBA Draft was traded from the Los Angeles Lakers to New Orleans in the offseason.

Ingram was named to his first All-Star Game in 2019-20 and is currently averaging 24.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 4.3 assists per game while shooting 46.6 percent from the field and 38.7 percent from 3-point range.

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The New Orleans Pelicans currently hold a 28-36 record, 10th-best in the Western Conference, and sit 3.5 games behind the Memphis Grizzlies for the No. 8 seed in the West.

The NBA is currently still in talks of resuming the season, although the specifics around the resumption of the league are still unclear.

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