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Utah Jazz quarter one report card: Joe Ingles, Royce O’Neale at SF

By Ryan Aston

PHILADELPHIA, PA - NOVEMBER 16: Joe Ingles #2 and Head Coach Quin Snyder of the Utah Jazz talk during the game against the Philadelphia 76ers on November 16, 2018 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - NOVEMBER 16: Joe Ingles #2 and Head Coach Quin Snyder of the Utah Jazz talk during the game against the Philadelphia 76ers on November 16, 2018 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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SALT LAKE CITY, UT – OCTOBER 02: Joe Ingles (2) of the Utah Jazz attempts a shot during a game against the Toronto Raptors at Vivint Smart Home Arena on October 2, 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images) /

Joe Ingles

Though he’s had struggles of his own, Slow-Mo’ Joe continues to be one of the Jazz’s top performers. If you’re a person that really comes down hard on Donovan Mitchell for his lack of efficiency, you could almost make the case that Ingles has been Utah’s second-best performer overall.

On the year, Ingles is averaging a career-best 13.1 points per contest. He’s also logging 4.5 assists, four boards and 1.6 steals per contest. In other words, he’s Gordon Hayward-lite at a fraction of the price (except he’s actually outperforming Hayward as a shooter and scorer at the moment).

Ingles’ 3-point shooting has dipped significantly from an otherworldly mark of 44 percent over the previous two seasons, but at 39 percent in ’18-19, he remains one of the better deep threats league-wide. Outside of Alec Burks, he’s been the Jazz’s only consistent shooters from behind the arc.

On the whole, he’s been the Jazz’s most positively impactful players. His 2.1 net rating leads the team and is just one of three positive numbers on the entire roster (Rudy Gobert and Jae Crowder are the others).

As with O’Neale, the new rules have curbed some of his effectiveness defensively. Some of the numbers suggest that he’s handled them better than Royce has, but Ingles’ lack of athleticism makes you wonder how long that will continue to be the case.

In the end, though, you have to give Ingles props for managing to hold it together while so many around him struggle.

First quarter grade: B

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