“To hear Donovan be so passionate about wanting to play (was great),” Ingles said. “I was like, ‘Oh, are you going to pull out because everyone else is?’, and (Mitchell said), ‘No, I’m going to play for my country.’ He’s obviously like really proud to do that. Obviously Rudy is (too). I know in the past with (former Jazz guard) Ricky (Rubio of Spain, who’s now with Phoenix), and playing against Ricky for so long, there’s genuine love (for playing on the national team). “You’ve got to respect, to a certain extent, guys’ decisions (not to play) because there is career (impact). Some guys are in contract years this offseason, and there’s a lot that goes into it. I think for us, for me, it’s – I’m all Australia right now, and as soon as we’re done with that I’ll switch right off and go to Jazz mode.”
Joe Ingles Rumors
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Position: F
Born: 10/02/87
Height: 6-8 / 2.03
Weight:216 lbs. / 98 kg.
Salary: $11,454,546
Born: 10/02/87
Height: 6-8 / 2.03
Weight:216 lbs. / 98 kg.
Salary: $11,454,546
“We ran the analytics and found he shoots better with a headband,” Snyder said of Conley. “So, I have encouraged him to wear one. … Joe Ingles also thinks he shot better with one last year, so he asked me if he could wear one … if that’s the case I might wear one too!”
Kane Pitman: Joe Ingles when asked if he knew he fell one assist shy of the first triple-double in @FIBAWC history. “I didn’t know that and even though I do know it now it still doesn’t really bother me. The only goal was to win the game.”
A near triple-double from Joe Ingles has helped the Australian men’s basketball team avoid a major embarrassment, the Boomers edging out Senegal 81-68 to move a step closer to the next round of the World Cup.
Mitch Creek’s athleticism shone once he was injected into the game while Ingles (17 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists) and Patty Mills (22 points) then found range and their improved defence lifted them 10 clear at the final break.
What about the Jazz aspect of this? This is a huge year for you guys. How do you see the ripple effect here in terms of the positives vs. the negatives and how it all measures out? Quin Snyder: Well, I think on the whole it’s extremely beneficial. I go back to individual players and where they are. And in Donovan’s case, I keep hearing about just reinforcing the importance of defending. That’s something he believes in, but formulating those habits in a competitive environment where there’s something on the line? Those are situations that are hard to replicate, so the leadership opportunities that he’s had, I see those things as being (positive) — the responsibility of making decisions at crucial times in games — I think all those things really help. I think in Joe’s case, there’s a passion for the game that I think this summer Joe is finding. Not that it was lost, but there’s an enthusiasm that I think he has about the upcoming season that this experience will serve to kind of stoke it even more.
