Joe Ingles black cap on the head and tracksuit in the colors of the Blazers on the back. ” Have you seen my jacket? I put it on when I left home. They didn’t give it to me when I came here! laughs the Australian passing through the Vivint Arena, where his new Portland team moved last night.
It was his first visit to his old room since his transfer last February to the Blazers. However, he has never been far from his forever lair. He who preferred to begin his rehabilitation, after his rupture of a ligament in his left knee, in Utah. ” It’s a very special situation to live in the same place I was traded from.“, notice the lefty.
Remember that he is no longer a Jazz player
The situation remains ambivalent for Joe Ingles who would not ” never imagined that his transfer could happen. ” Maybe it was very selfish of me to think that “, notes the Australian who has not been able to watch a match on television from his former team since the exchange. Of course, without his injury, things would probably have gone differently…
” I still think I could have been an asset to help them. Knowing Quin (Snyder), guys, knowing what their goals are, I sure could have been important. I have mixed feelings about this. Very mixed emotions. I am still very angry and frustrated. I live ten minutes from here so it’s annoying not to be able to go to the gym.“
However, if he wears this Blazers jacket that day, it is to remind others that he is no longer a member of the Jazz today. No question for him to turn his back on his new team therefore, while all the signals point to an official return to Salt Lake City next season.
Giving the Blazers “a chance”
In the wake of the exchange, he had traveled to Oregon to meet with the leaders, Chauncey Billups, and briefly Damian Lillard. He was also able to chat last night with his new and very young teammates. His presence with them would also be appreciated by his new coach. ” Whether I play or not, I could be an asset to help them “, recognizes the 34-year-old player.
The latter, despite this particular context, speaks of a ” very, very good experience so far (with the Blazers). I almost feel like I have to give my best in Portland. They believed in me, with everything they put in place off the pitch. I feel like I have to give them a chance. It would be very unfair of me for them to bet on me now and then say (byebye): ‘Thank you for operating on me’. All my rehabilitation this summer will be in Portland.“
With your head still in the mountains of Salt Lake City?
| Joe Ingles | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2014-15 | UTH | 79 | 21 | 41.5 | 35.6 | 75.0 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 5.0 |
| 2015-16 | UTH | 81 | 15 | 42.6 | 38.6 | 72.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 4.2 |
| 2016-17 | UTH | 82 | 24 | 45.2 | 44.1 | 73.5 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 7.1 |
| 2017-18 | UTH | 82 | 31 | 46.7 | 44.0 | 79.5 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 11.5 |
| 2018-19 | UTH | 82 | 31 | 44.8 | 39.1 | 70.7 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 12.1 |
| 2019-20 | UTH | 72 | 30 | 44.5 | 39.9 | 78.7 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 9.8 |
| 2020-21 | UTH | 67 | 28 | 48.9 | 45.1 | 84.4 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 12.1 |
| 2021-22 | UTH | 45 | 25 | 40.4 | 34.7 | 77.3 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 7.2 |
| Total | 590 | 26 | 44.9 | 40.8 | 76.8 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 8.6 | |
