Stay away from Joe Ingles.
He plays for my local team here in Australia, and he will NEVER play NBA. He is drastically overrated here. He has little to no defense against drastically inferior opposition, be it slower, shorter and now even less experienced. I would struggle to find an NBA comparison, because no player with his abilities has ever made the NBA, and I don't mean that in a good way.
His shot selection is terrible, he's selfish, he is often tagged with "athletic" but this is against NBL opposition, and would be seen as average at best against NCAA compe ion. Unlike most Euro's he can't shoot. Other than an occasional hot streak that generally occurs in junk time against even lower quality opposition.
Hia development was really damaged by an early coaching change in his career. Mark Price coached him for his first 5 games and would probably have been a great influence on his game, unfortunately Price was sacked and replaced by Shane Heal (A former Spur), but his selfish no defense approach seems to have rubbed off on young Ingles and two seasons of being on a losing team have only made him more appathetic and selfish.
Stay clear. Don't waste the pick.
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