{"id":693825,"date":"2026-04-02T12:19:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/693825\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:19:12","slug":"joe-ingles-exploring-return-to-australias-nbl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/693825\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Ingles exploring return to Australia’s NBL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joe Ingles\u00a0has\u00a0interest\u00a0in returning to the NBL, and the\u00a0growing\u00a0sentiment is that he’s keeping a close eye on both Melbourne teams.<\/a> Ingles has\u00a0spoken\u00a0with both United and the South East Melbourne Phoenix, while the Adelaide 36ers appear to be the most proactive team chasing the five-time Olympian. Ingles is in his 12th season in the NBA, currently playing for the\u00a0Minnesota Timberwolves. \u2014 4\/2\/2026 ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n

Peter Hooley: NBL clubs have contacted Joe Ingles and his representation in effort to bring him home next season<\/a>. One of Australia\u2019s all-time greats, his career started in the NBL, before heading to Europe and then NBA. Ingles is currently with the Timberwolves as they approach the Playoffs. \u2014 3\/19\/2026 x.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The Timberwolves have upgraded Jaden McDaniels (left oblique contusion) to questionable for Christmas Day\u2019s game<\/a> against Denver. Joe Ingles (personal reasons) is available. \u2014 12\/24\/2025 HoopsHype<\/a><\/p>\n

Jon Krawcznyski: Joe Ingles has a strained groin. He\u2019s going to be re-evaluated in a week,<\/a> per the Wolves \u2014 10\/9\/2025 x.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Who were some of the NBA comparisons you were hearing coming in? Like, when you were hearing, \u201cOkay, it\u2019s time. I gotta leave now\u201d? Jalen Williams: They weren\u2019t really what made me leave, but I got guys like Joe Ingles. Joe, man \u2014 Joe\u2019s my boy. It\u2019s funny \u2014 me and my team were like, \u201cAin\u2019t no way they thought he was no damn Joe, bro!\u201d I gotta find the thing\u2026 yeah, yeah. Joe\u2019s the homie though \u2014 salute to Kill. Yeah, he was a good chiller. Yeah, Joe… I got Joe Ingles. Me and my trainer \u2014 when I got drafted \u2014 he gave me Joe\u2019s trading card, just as a joke. But I think my ceiling was like Harden, and then they were saying I played like Joe Ingles. So that was mine too, coming out of college<\/a>. \u2014 8\/28\/2025 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

Jon Krawczynski: From what I can gather on the Wolves’ thinking on Ingles: He’s a good vet, beloved by teammates and valued by coaches. Will take a spot without expecting big playing time without issue<\/a>. Minott wanted to go elsewhere for minutes. Any young player would have similar frustration \u2014 6\/30\/2025 x.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Shams Charania: Free agent forward Joe Ingles intends to sign a one-year, $3.6 million deal to return to the Minnesota Timberwolves,<\/a> sources tell ESPN. Wolves officials negotiated the deal with Mark Bartelstein of @PrioritySports to bring Ingles back for his 12th NBA season. \u2014 6\/30\/2025 x.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Jonah: Julius Randle on Mike Conley and Joe Ingles’ veteran leadership: \u201cI\u2019ve talked all year about the leader that he is (Conley) for our team, and how he kinda keeps us balanced. — How he or Joe is able to pull me to the side. Keep me level-headed. — Those guys are huge.”<\/a> \u2014 5\/9\/2025 Bluesky<\/a><\/p>\n

Coach Chris Finch did something a little different to change the energy of the team from the start. He started Joe Ingles, whose autistic son Jacob is now able to attend games in an arena for the first time in his life. Ingles\u2019 family has been living in Orlando this season, and they were here this week, but Ingles hadn\u2019t played. Finch gave Ingles the start, with Ingles\u2019 former teammate in Utah Mike Conley ceding his spot. \u201cIt was emotional,\u201d Finch said. \u201cSometimes you gotta do the human thing. We always talk about all these minutes matter, and those minutes matter for another reason.\u201d<\/a> \u2014 3\/22\/2025 Minneapolis Star-Tribune<\/a><\/p>\n

“So Chris, how did the conversation go with Joe when you brought it to him?” Chris Finch: “You know, he was really appreciative\u2014emotional. And you know, obviously I had to have a conversation with Mike too, who was super pumped. And everyone in the organization was really excited for that, and for their family, and for Jacob in particular. But yeah, you know, Joe’s meant so much to us this season. I can’t begin to thank him for his leadership. In a team such as ours and the way we’re constructed, we brought him here with a different vision, and that hasn’t worked out just simply because we’ve got so much depth after the trade. We’re just trying to get all these guys into a rhythm and connectivity and stuff. And he’s been always ready. But his voice in the locker room, and his presence, and his personality on this team, and his leadership has meant everything\u2014particularly for our young guys. So, you know, it’s the least we could do.”<\/a> \u2014 3\/22\/2025 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Ingles\u00a0has\u00a0interest\u00a0in returning to the NBL, and the\u00a0growing\u00a0sentiment is that he’s keeping a close eye on both Melbourne…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3782],"tags":[72400,7,307,152,3954,6,53093,72522,72404,72437,72860,87451,72444,72422,72405,72406,87452,308,72403],"class_list":{"0":"post-693825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-timberwolves","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-minnesota","11":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","12":"tag-minnesotatimberwolves","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-sstssportsnba","15":"tag-sstsnnba","16":"tag-tagbasketball","17":"tag-tagcontains-commerce-or-affiliate-content","18":"tag-tagespn-inc","19":"tag-tagjoe-ingles","20":"tag-tagnational-sports","21":"tag-tagnba","22":"tag-tagoverall-positive","23":"tag-tagsports-news","24":"tag-tagunited-airlines","25":"tag-timberwolves","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116335081640899056","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}