1. Joseph Howarth Ingles is an Australian professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association.
32 Facts About Joe Ingles
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Joe Ingles is the Utah Jazz all-time leader in three-pointers made.
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Joe Ingles was part of the Australian basketball team that won bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Joe Ingles later attended both Lake Ginninderra College and the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra with future Boomers teammates Brad Newley and Patty Mills.
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Joe Ingles played basketball for the AIS in the South East Australian Basketball League in 2005 and 2006.
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Joe Ingles was highly sought after when he came out of the AIS in 2006, and he subsequently met with the 36ers as a 17-year-old, but a couple of Adelaide blunders set him off interstate.
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On 17 March 2006, Joe Ingles signed a multi-year deal with the South Dragons of the National Basketball League, becoming the very first player to sign with the club.
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In 102 games for the Dragons over three seasons, Joe Ingles averaged 14.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.
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In July 2009, Joe Ingles signed with Spanish club CB Granada of the Liga ACB.
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In November 2010, Joe Ingles transferred from Granada to FC Barcelona, signing a three-year deal with the club.
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On 24 July 2013, Joe Ingles signed with Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv.
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Joe Ingles made his NBA debut two days later, playing four minutes but only had a missed three-point attempt in a loss to the Houston Rockets.
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Joe Ingles began starting for the Jazz in March 2015, and on 23 March, he scored a season-high 18 points in a loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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On 10 July 2015, Joe Ingles re-signed with the Jazz to a multi-year contract.
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On 25 July 2017, Joe Ingles re-signed with the Jazz to a multi-year contract.
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Joe Ingles was a starter for the entire first half of the season before coming off the bench for the first time on 19 January 2018 against the New York Knicks.
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Joe Ingles recorded his 150th 3-pointer of the season during the game, trailing only Randy Foye and Rodney Hood for most 3-pointers in a single season for a Jazz player.
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On 8 January 2021, Joe Ingles missed a game due to an Achilles injury which ended his streak of 418 consecutive games played.
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Joe Ingles's last missed game was on 16 December 2015.
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Joe Ingles finished as the runner-up for NBA Sixth Man of the Year behind Jazz teammate Jordan Clarkson.
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On 9 February 2022, Joe Ingles was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers in a three-team trade.
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On 6 July 2022, Joe Ingles signed a one-year, $6.5 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks.
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On 7 July 2023, Joe Ingles signed a two-year, $22 million contract with the Orlando Magic.
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On 6 July 2024, Joe Ingles signed a one-year, $3.3 million deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Joe Ingles had his first start of the season and first in three years on 21 March 2025, a move motivated by the presence of his family and his eldest son, who has autism, having sat through an entire NBA game for the first time the previous Sunday, in which Ingles was inactive.
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At the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, Joe Ingles made his Olympic debut for the Australian Boomers.
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At the 2010 FIBA World Championship, Joe Ingles averaged 10.3 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.2 assists in six games.
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At the 2012 London Olympics, Joe Ingles again played well, and was the second-highest scorer for the Boomers after Patty Mills.
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In six games, Joe Ingles finished with averages of 15.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game.
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At the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Joe Ingles averaged 11.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists in six games.
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Joe Ingles is married to Australian netballer Renae Joe Ingles; the couple have twins, a boy and a girl, born in 2016.
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Joe Ingles is a keen supporter of the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League, and is a good friend of former Hawk Jarryd Roughead.