Joe Ingles may not play even if the season starts
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 6:01 am
Think the headlines on this are a bit hyperbolic, but obviously understand and support his position. Think it is newsworthy enough to have its own thread.
https://larrybrownsports.com/basketball/jazz-forward-joe-ingles-may-not-play-season-resumes/551695
https://larrybrownsports.com/basketball/jazz-forward-joe-ingles-may-not-play-season-resumes/551695
Peter Mitchell of the Australian Associated Press quoted Ingles this week as saying that he is prepared to “walk away, fly to Australia, never play another game in my life, and be very content with it” in order to protect his family. Mitchell notes that Ingles’ wife Renae is pregnant with their third child and his 4-year-old son Jacob has autism and a weakened immune system.
“It’s not worth it,” said Ingles of practicing at the Jazz team facility in a recent appearance on 1280 The Zone in Utah. “I have a gym, I have everything I can do. As for basketball, it’s a bit more difficult, but I think that as we go ahead and find out more information about it, it will be easier to make a decision. But I am in no way willing to risk my children, and Renae, and everything else, to go play basketball.”