{"id":631125,"date":"2026-04-26T02:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T02:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/631125\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T02:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T02:10:18","slug":"joe-ingles-set-to-sign-with-melbourne-united-patty-mills-linked-with-brisbane-bullets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/631125\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Ingles set to sign with Melbourne United, Patty Mills linked with Brisbane Bullets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boomers legend Joe Ingles reportedly plans to link up with Melbourne United at the end of the NBA playoffs after three NBL teams fought for the veteran forward\u2019s services. <\/p>\n<p>Watch the biggest Aussie sports &amp; the best from overseas LIVE on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkgeneric-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-grc-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776909012_441_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ingles is currently playing in the NBA, where his Minnesota Timberwolves lead the Denver Nuggets 2-1 in their first-round series. <\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old has seen limited playing time in his two seasons with the Timberwolves but has played a crucial role off the court and in the locker room, with several Minnesota players crediting Ingles for his leadership and calming presence. <\/p>\n<p>Now, the five-time Olympian is set to take those qualities back home to Australia, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codesports.com.au\/basketball\/nbl\/aussie-nba-veteran-and-bronzemedal-winning-boomer-poised-to-join-melbourne-united\/news-story\/dcd0c9737c40bb38122197774e9c6c4a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Code Sports<\/a> reporting that he is poised to join United. <\/p>\n<p>There had also been interest from the Adelaide 36ers and South East Melbourne Phoenix, but Ingles is instead expected to finalise a deal with United when Minnesota\u2019s playoffs campaign ends. <\/p>\n<p>That may not be anytime soon, with the Nuggets currently down their two best defensive players in Peyton Watson and Aaron Gordon.<\/p>\n<p>Should the Timberwolves progress, they would then play likely the San Antonio Spurs and potentially the Oklahoma City Thunder just to book their spot in the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<p>Ingles played one minute in the blowout win against the Nuggets but has otherwise not been part of the playoff rotation as expected.<\/p>\n<p>Bryce Cotton &amp; KD embrace postgame! | 00:14<\/p>\n<p>Ingles first started his professional career in the NBL in 2006 with the now-defunct South Dragons.<\/p>\n<p>He may not be the only Australian NBA player to return home, with Andrew Gaze revealing Patty Mills could also be planning an NBL swansong.<\/p>\n<p>Mills was not picked up by an NBA team ahead of the 2025-26 season and is currently playing for Spanish club La Laguna Tenerife.<\/p>\n<p>Gaze said on SEN Radio that \u201ca little birdie\u201d had told him Mills will be returning to the NBL next season with the Brisbane Bullets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m declaring it, from a reasonably reliable source,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boomers legend Joe Ingles reportedly plans to link up with Melbourne United at the end of the NBA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-631125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631125","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=631125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}