How long has he signed for at South. One would assume he will be playing in the NBL for 3 years (4 max) before heading to the NBA... hopefully he can play for the Sixers for at least one season?

If Ingles is getting good minutes at the Dragons, why would he think about going to the 36ers?

jimmy, geez mate don't get too far ahead of yourself. one game and he's going NBA.. we'll see

Was this game on Fox and if so can amyone give any insight into whether it looked like a freak game not to be repeated or if it looks like he's going to be able to keep this up at a consistent level.

I think after only one game it's a bit early to be taking NBA and trying to get him to the Sixers.

the kid is legit! he will have his downs this season but what we saw last night you will see more of through the year. this is going to be a great career to watch!

Agreed - was a great on debut and he made use of teh minutes he was given - will be interesting to see how many minutes he gets when Heal comes back from his back injury.

Was it definitely a back injury?

Sawmeinhalf,
I watched the game and he definately looked legit...
Was guarding Wethers for a lot of the game and although Wethers scored 30 odd, Ingles did not look out of his depth or rushed at all in offence...
Dragons looked okay for their first hit out in the nbl as well...

The key for Ingles is to put up another decent performance next game. Wethers isn't exactly a defensive animal either.

I watched the game and he looked comfortable out there. Will his minutes differ with a fit Heal? Or will Shanahan's minutes drop?

Surely you have to give Ingles a run after that start...
Leave Heal on the bench crying like last night...ha ha.

watching the game it didnt looks as if he was playing "above" himself at all. I think he will be consistantly playing to that level. It was not a freak game, he plays with the control and savvy of someone much older..... NBA, maybe...

flat out baller , sweet as stroke and can release from many seemingly unbalanced positions which is almost impossible to guard .
had never seen the kid play and was totally blown away . Sure he will have ups and downs but with the young nucleus of Bogut , Schenscher , Newley , Ingles , Barlow and Bruce to fill around with some savvy and world game suited players ie , Nielsen , Anderson , Saville , we start looking ok .
We still need a point and a new coach but thats for another discussion already had 40 times on this forum .

I would be suprised if Ingles can keep that up in their first season that is a huge ask for any rookie..

Dont be suprised to see a few quiet games in the near future.

But for now, i can sit back and relax as i luckily chose him in my Dreamteam ^_^ (on the bench though)... unfortunatly i also chosen Olsen and Forman who had terrible games.

If CJ Bruton made the NBA, I have no doubt Ingles will play there one day... no disrespect to Bruton, because he is a great player, but we are about to witness something special. You wouldn't see very many freshmen from US colleges be able to score 29 in the NBL. He is 18!

jimmy, CJ has never "made" the nba has he??
Only his rights drafted and summer pro league I thought??

correct DB5

My bad then... but you get the gist of it. He will play NBA.

***sob***
I had him in my dream team until about 10 minutes before the draw closed and I traded him.
Bugga!!!!!!
Stupid me!!!!

He's in mine, but a benchy. Horvath is my captain though, so all good there.

Same here the doc, Horvath as captain, should be a good choice, and how cheap was he?????
And damn it, I picked Copeland instead of Ingles.
DOH!!!!

A star is born?
Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 03:34 PM
NBL - Marc Howard

The Philips Championship may just have unearthed its newest superstar following a stunning debut from South Dragons rookie Joe Ingles at the North Shore Entertainment Centre on Tuesday night.

Ingles announced his arrival on the Philips Championship stage in no uncertain terms, scoring a team-high 29 points for the Dragons in their first-ever match, a narrow 112-106 loss to the New Zealand Breakers.

Ingles shot a sizzling 11-of-15 from the field, including 4-of-5 from beyond the arc. He was also a perfect 3-of-3 from the freethrow line and added seven rebounds, two assists and two steals in just over 40 minutes of court time.

Ironically, the rangy left-hander wasn't even expected to play much of a role for the Dragons on debut until a pre-game injury to the legendary Shane Heal gave Ingles an early opportunity. To say the South Australian teenager seized that opportunity with both hands is somewhat of an understatement.

Ingles registered the highest-scoring debut for any non-import in Philips Championship history, surpassing the 24 points notched by Sydney Kings young gun Luke Kendall in his first game back in October 2004. To put the young Dragons star's performance in perspective, the great Andrew Gaze scored just 16 on debut while Ingles' teammate Heal opened his NBL scoring account with only 14 points.

When the 203cm swingman was signed out of the Australian Institute of Sport by the Dragons as the new club's first-ever player, Boomers head coach Brian Goorjian compared Ingles to a young Toni Kukoc of NBA fame. Whilst those types of comparisons can only ever be truly judged over the course of a player's career, there is no doubting that  albeit after one game  Ingles is now the hot favourite to take out Rookie of the Year honours. When you compare his first up performance with those of the players who have taken out the last five rookie trophies, it's easy to see why.

Last year's Rookie of the Year winner, Sydney's Mark Worthington, had 16 points on debut, whilst the first-game performances of Brad Newley (two points), Steven Markovic (0), Gary Boodnikoff (6) and Travis Lane (17) all paled in comparison to Ingles' 29-point effort on Tuesday.

Breakers coach Andrej Lemanis left no doubt as to what he thought of the young Dragons star.

"A hell of a player, he had a great debut," Lemanis exclaimed.

Perhaps the last word on the young star should be left to someone who has played against him day-in, day-out at Dragons practices. In a recent Q&A on the FIBA website, Heal was glowing in his assessment of teammate Ingles.

"He is only 18 but he will play for Australia for sure," Heal said. "I have got no doubt in the world that he will represent Australia. I haven't seen an 18-year-old kid with the sort of poise that he has got for a long, long time

*still sobbing*
DB5, I swapped Ingles for Copeland yesterday.
I need to learn to stay with my first pick instead of trying to analyse it too much.
*fingers crossed* for a 29 point game from Copeland tonight! *grin*

I agree Dana. Come on Copes!

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it was on foxtel, maybe ask them??