{"id":629611,"date":"2026-04-25T08:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/629611\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T08:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:25:16","slug":"joe-ingles-set-to-join-melbourne-united-following-nba-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/629611\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Ingles set to join Melbourne United following NBA Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Johnny Askounis\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/en\/others\/1960078\/joe-ingles-set-to-join-melbourne-united-following-nba-playoffs\/maillot:info@eurohops.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> info@eurohoops.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Five-time Olympian and 12-year NBA veteran Joe Ingles plans to join Melbourne United ahead of the 2026-27 NBL season, according to a report by ESPN\u2019s Olgun Uluc on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming rumors of recent weeks, the 38-year-old forward, who is engaged in a 2026 NBA Playoffs, presented by Google, campaign with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/basket\/minnesota-timberwolves\/?lang=en\" title=\"Minnesota Timberwolves\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a>, is expected to finalize the deal with United once his current commitments are complete.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the 2025-26 Regular Season, he appeared in 27 games for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/basket\/minnesota-timberwolves\/?lang=en\" title=\"Wolves\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wolves<\/a>, contributing a veteran presence before adding to his extensive postseason resume.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Joe Ingles \u2013 a five-time Olympian and 12-year NBA veteran \u2013 plans to join Melbourne United ahead of the 2026-27 NBL season, sources told ESPN. Ingles, 38, is in a playoff campaign with Minnesota; once his NBA season is complete, he\u2019ll move toward finalising a deal with United.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Olgun Uluc (@OlgunUluc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OlgunUluc\/status\/2047931592782618699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite going undrafted in 2009, Ingles entered the league in 2014 and built a career spanning 808 regular-season games and 58 playoff appearances across tenures with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/basket\/utah-jazz\/?lang=en\" title=\"Utah Jazz\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Utah Jazz<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/basket\/orlando-magic\/?lang=en\" title=\"Orlando Magic\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Orlando Magic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/basket\/milwaukee-bucks\/\" title=\"Milwaukee Bucks\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a>, and Minnesota. His legacy is headlined by his time in Utah, where he remains the franchise\u2019s all-time leader in three-pointers made, having famously surpassed John Stockton\u2019s record in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the NBA, the Australian swingman achieved significant international success, winning a Turkish Airlines EuroLeague championship with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/basket\/maccabi-tel-aviv\/?lang=en\" title=\"Maccabi\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Maccabi<\/a> Electra Tel Aviv in 2014 and appearing in 95 games in Europe\u2019s premier competition between 2010 and 2014.<\/p>\n<p>On the global stage, the Adelaide native has been a cornerstone for the senior national team of Australia from 2008 to 2024. His five Olympic appearances included a historic bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Games, marking the first-ever Olympic medal for the Boomers.<\/p>\n<p>This move signifies a full-circle moment for one of Australia\u2019s most decorated icons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/latest-news\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Read the latest News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Johnny Askounis\/ info@eurohoops.net Five-time Olympian and 12-year NBA veteran Joe Ingles plans to join Melbourne United ahead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-629611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}