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The over-achieving Utah Jazz re-signed one of their own on Monday bringing back their oldest player in 27 year old Joe Ingles.
Ingles was a rookie last season and averaged 5 points per game, but showed he could be a nice piece off the bench for the Jazz.
Joe Ingles has agreed to a two-year, $4.5M deal to return to the Jazz, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) July 6, 2015
According to Yahoo Sports Adrian Wojnarowski the Jazz will sign the Australian forward to a two-year $4.5 million deal.
The Jazz went 38-44 last season finishing 3rd in the Northwest which surprised quite a few.
With the emergence of Rudy Gobert and the potential of fellow Australian Dante Exum the Jazz could be a dangerous team as they’ve always been one of the toughest teams to play against at home.
If the Jazz can make another addition for depth we could be looking at a dark horse to make the playoffs if everything goes right for this team.
Jazz Head Coach Quin Snyder proved to a be the perfect head coach thus far for this very young roster, and seems to have a grasp on his younger players.
Ingles has pretty good court vision, and shot 35% from beyond the arc which Snyder may force Ingles to be more aggressive with.
The Jazz certainly have a bright future behind guys like Gobert, Exum, and Favors if Ingles can provide the team with some depth off the bench it would be an added plus.
