He has dropped of the radar on most of the NBA mock drafts over recent months.

Will be interesting to see how he does in some of the workouts over the next few months leading up to the draft. He will be going up against bigger bodies...

I honestly believe he is more suited to the European game and should thrive over there and come back and be a real asset to the Boomers in international competition over the next 4-8 years.

From Draft Express

February 6, 2009
Perhaps the most disappointing player among those with realistic draft chances from the automatically eligible class of 1987, Joe Ingles hasn't progressed as expected this season, not exploiting his intriguing physical and athletic characteristics. Indeed he has regressed in most statistical categories from last year, even from two seasons ago in some of them, which is not a good sign for a player of his age.

The most frustrating part of his game, and likely the biggest reason why he's not emerging particularly efficient on the offensive end, is that he looks pretty soft when it comes to scoring. Despite his quickness and decent ball-handling skills (still strictly with his left hand), Ingles rarely goes all the way to the rim when attacking the basket, struggling to finish with contact and tending to prefer looking for space to release the ball, which leads to unbalanced shots and usual misses. It's true that he doesn't enjoy great strength or leaping ability, but it's still a waste of his size. Instead he likes to settle for jumpers, but his shot is looking highly inconsistent, enjoying poor accuracy and not enough balance on his release. 55% of his field goal attempts come from beyond the arc this season, compared with just 40% last season, and he's making just 36% of those, compared with 38% last year. His free throw attempts are also down, from 3.9 per game last season to 3.

Might aswell probably no New NBL in 2009

We spoke to him about an hour or 2 ago for this week's OT podcast and asked about NBA and Europe as well as the possibility of returning to the NBL...

'The NBL is well and truly on the backburner for me'

check out the whole interview tomorrow afternoon... it was only a quick one because they were starting mad monday with a team meal.

When I saw him last, sleep was well and truly on the backburner for him too. :-)

He will well and truely be playing in Europe next season, why wouldn't he. Will probably make at least 3 times as much as what he does here and gives teams to play him as a "local".
I think Gorj's style would have probably hurt Joe a little and plus the influx of new players. He started the season of really well but ended up fading away towards the end of the season.

Yeah everytime ive seen him, is acting like a stupid drunk... as we all do, but never seen an NBL player have me roll my eyes at his antics such as joey boy. Will be interesting to see how much of his partying a euro team will put up with.... NBA is surely a pipe dream at this point for him!

i hope the teams in europe dont get as pissed off as most aussies do with that dumb arsed smirk!!

europe with a passport maybe.....forget the nba!

No chance at the NBA. Not worth using a 2nd rounder on. Europe... maybe...

he's off to Europe...one of the "quality" player I refered to awhile ago that's looking to leave

I heard a long time ago he was carrying a groin injury like osteoarthritis pubis (hope spelling is ok) that was from a very good source. It would explain why he was dropping off as the season went on.

If Newley won't make the NBA, Ingles definitely won't IMO

That draft express summary seems a little unfair doesn't it? His numbers may have dropped but they've completely overlooked the fact he's been on a championship team this season and on a bomb shelter team last season, of course you're going to get better numbers if you're the focus of the offense rather than just a cog in it.

I suspect he's not gelled with Goorjian that well, but might be wrong - just a suspicion.

I'm with Corey, if brad newly didn't make it how is Ingles? Newley is twice the player.

NBA? Haha, no chance! He's regressed every year that he's been in the NBL.

Is he Europe-passport-eligible? Cos I can't see many european teams giving him an import spot - he's too erratic and inconsistent.

My moneys on a last min return to the NewBL after he washes out of europe

I agree with the DraftExpress article. They probably should have mentioned he was on the best team in the league but other than that they were spot on.