Timberwolves reunite Rudy Gobert, Mike Conley with former teammate

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07/03/2024 03:49 PM

The Minnesota Timberwolves and veteran free agent sharpshooter Joe Ingles have agreed on a one-year contract, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. After leaving the Utah Jazz in 2022 and spending one season with both the Orlando Magic and Milwaukee Bucks, Ingles is now set to reunite with former Jazz teammates Mike Conley Jr. and Rudy Gobert on a Timberwolves team that recently made the Western Conference Finals.

Ingles, 36, is nearing the end of his NBA career. As he prepares for his 11th NBA season, the Australian forward will provide some much-needed depth in Minnesota. This is especially true in the wake of Kyle Anderson joining the Golden State Warriors.

Anderson, who had spent the last two seasons playing a pivotal role for the Timberwolves off the bench, is now replaced by a reliable passer and shooter on the wing. Ingles has been a part of teams that finished with the best record during the regular season in the Western Conference, making him the ideal veteran free agent target for a team like the Wolves this offseason.

As his career has progressed, Ingles has fully embraced being a mentor and bench presence for his teams. In doing so, his career has been prolonged in a sense. The new Timberwolves shooter played in a total of 68 games this past season with the Magic, the most Ingles has played since being featured in 72 games during the 2019-20 season that ended in the NBA Bubble due to the coronavirus pandemic.

With Orlando, Ingles averaged 4.4 points and 3.0 assists in roughly 17.2 minutes per game off the bench. He shot 43.6 percent from the floor and 43.5 percent from three-point range. For his career, Ingles has made 1,224 shots from beyond the three-point line at a 41.0 percent clip, making him just one of four active players to have at least 1,200 made threes while shooting over 40 percent from distance in their career. The other three players are Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Buddy Hield.

This is a developing story that will be updated shortly.

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