Jalen Williams on his NBA comparisons: “My ceiling was Harden and then they were saying I played like Joe Ingles. That was the two when I was coming out of college.”
I’m not saying this is untrue, but this is the first I’ve heard of either comparison lmao
the Harden one I’ve seen before but I think is a little lazy bc they’re both OKC guards with ties to Arizona, they don’t really play similarly at all.
the Ingles one I actually don’t hate? obviously a much better athlete than Jingles ever was but he does fit the mold of that do-it-all wing
That Harden comparison was before the draft and before anybody knew were he was going.
The Harden comparison was his pre-draft work out and tape. Now his game has totally changed from that but if you watch his pick and roll offense you can see the meticulous way they play the pick and role.
They’re also the same size and very downhill players with excellent shooting. They’re comparable scorers
His pick and roll game with ihart/chet bears somewhat of a resemblance to what you sometimes see with harden
Jdub was a PnR heavy guard in college, not the Swiss Army knife forward he is today. the Harden comp made sense
Joe Ingles slander will not be tolerated.
It’s not slander
One dude is Joe Ingles
The other is James Harden
Thinking Basketball probably rates Ingles higher.
Then Thinking Basketball doesn’t Think Thoughts.
Lmao I think Ben is the best basketball analyst out there, and that has me scratching my head. I can see the argument but it’s also wild to say his lowest evaluation would put Harden at the bottom of the list
i think its more how opposite they are as players.. like williams is one of the fastest players for 6’6
Prime harden was fast
Certainly not in the Orlando Magic household.
Uncle Joe is a hero!
Easy way to work out which posters are friccin morons that need to get Jingled.
Jingles ended some player’s career. Former Duke PG?
Ingles is the goat, but he most certainly is not an undersized forward with a stupidly long wingspan and ridiculous speed.
How can his ceiling be Harden but the other comp be Ingles when Ingles is better than Harden?
disrespectful to ingles to put him in this convo. miss the era of ppl being jingled 😂 back when this sub was good
Jinglin Joe was a damn good basketball player, RIP
He died? Joe Ingles?
Haven’t you seen? They occasionally wheel out his corpse to put in 5 mins on the court
He’s up there with Wade Boggs now
As an Australian, I can confirm that he’s definitely not dead. Not that I know him personally or anything, but I’d like to think we Aussies will feel it on a spiritual level when he does eventually pass.
Even more so with patty, we’ll feel that shit physically
Patty Thrills and Jingles winning the bronze, inject that shit in my veins
It suddenly got real dusty at my home when they did that massive embrace after the game
I was a teary mess reliving it when the Rose Gold documentary dropped.
Joe ingles is still alive, but jinglin’ Joe is long gone
Why does anyone think him saying Joe Ingles is a slander?
You guys are just outting yourselves
They’ve only ever watched Jingles after he was on the Jazz.
I thought it was about him being compared to polar opposite players but apparently that was just me.
It is the disrespect to Joe Ingles that has people mad.
It’s just a ridiculous comparison. No one ever confused Joe Ingles for an elite athlete.
Did you see Williams before NBA? Wasn’t great athlete
I did not. You saying he got more athletic in the nba?
I mean ya. He wasn’t projected to be this level of athlete and defender. Only listed 6’5 and looked sort of slow
hey i’ve seen joe ingles dunk. you have to be an elite athlete to dunk with that body.
All I know is OKC Paul George could not contain the Jingler in the playoffs.
Watching Jingles cook PG was brutal.
My first season watching the nba and my first as a thunder fan, was very traumatic ngl
“brutal”
I think you misspelled beautiful
Of course this sub gets defensive over Joe ingles lmao. Y’all are pathetic
Lol you guys are so mad when a white guy is being mentioned
well, they get even more defensive over negative comments made about another particular player….to the point where it is beyond obsessive…this particular player is a bit more accomplished than Joe though and now plays with his son
Your comment just proves how pathetic y’all are
Bro, the only pathetic one in the room is you
Stop the Joe Ingles disrespect! They don’t gotta laugh like he was some bum. Joe gave PG fits when he was in his prime. Great ball mover and playmaker, hit his threes, and a very smart player who can run some pick and roll
He should have been compared to kawhi Leonard not Joe ingles
More comments crying about Joe Ingles disrespect than actual comments disrespecting him lmao.
Literally in the clip lol
Jalen Williams highlights from Santa Clara
I mean, I get it. He’s not rocket fast and he isn’t jumping out of the gym. Just a big wing ballhandler who hits his shots and gets crafty layups. It’s Ingles-esque for sure.
I feel like when he had the fro, you heard a lot of “crafty player but he gives me old school unathletic uncle vibes.” But when he got rid of it ppl suddenly decided he was kind of athletic, actually 😂
He’s honestly kind of hard to draw up comparisons for. Maybe a quite significantly less athletic Jaylen Brown, with a much better handle? That’s a decently different player, though. He’s a guy with a very well rounded skillset (handle, footwork, shooting, rebounding, defence, etc.), high BBIQ, strong/stocky build, great wingspan, and kind of sneaky athletic. From the athleticism POV he’s kind of similar to Harden in that they both play a slower game most of the time, but when they want to turn on the jets they can surprise you with quite athletic plays. But he’s so far from the heliocentric iso player that Harden is that a Harden comp for his overall game seems pretty off IMO.
I wouldn’t think that he’s significantly worse as an athlete compared to Jaylen brown. He’s shorter with a longer wingspan, probably faster and with barely less hops. He’s just built a lil funky so people don’t see him as being conventionally athletic.
Sounds like Boris Diaw when he was fat.
Every comment here is saying “Joe Ingles slander will not be tolerated” or talking about “stop hating, Ingles is awesome”…but no one is hating or slandering him at all, y’all are reacting to non-existent people. Every single upvoted comment is talking about Ingles being awesome, who are y’all responding to? And I’m sorry, Ingles was awesome but there is still a massive gap between Ingles and Harden. This whole comment section is fucking bizarre
Tony Allen seemed like he was hating.
When I think of Joe Ingles I think of a dude that plays within himself but has good instincts to know when the team needs some juice and isn’t afraid to do that when needed.
Underrated basketball player, if you’re the age of 14 and below and learn off Joe Ingles obsessively, youll do well on the court
Respect Joe ingles
After seeing some high school tape I can see the Jinglin Joe comparison, as much as I love Joe I do understand why these guys would find it funny as a comparison because NBA Jdub is nothing like NBA Jingles.
Joe Ingles the goat
In terms of comparison, I always thought of JDub as a Pippen-like/lite player. Can defend extremely well, can be a primary or secondary playmaker, and is an elite 2nd scoring option.
Joe Ingles is not a knock, their reaction is as if the comparison was Killian Hayes.
you friccen moron
Man I know this sub is too young/new to the NBA when barely anyone is calling me a friccin moron
Also honestly props to people picking a white guy as comp for a black guy. We’ve advanced a lot recently
Joe ingles locked up dark horse mvp Paul George
No need for the Inglés slander lol
when did Joe become Spanish?
Does he know he’s not lefty?
Hingles
I feel like he doesn’t play like either of them but you do you
No one on planet earth said either btw
Mothafuckas act tough until they get jingled.
“Shout out to Joe he was a killer! But also I’m so much better than him that somebody comparing you to me is literally a joke, and we’re all going to laugh about it haha!”
Lame to be two-faced like this. If you wana call him trash, call him trash. Don’t call him trash and say you think he was good.
Don’t think they were saying Joe is a bum, it’s just funny because they don’t see the similarity. This sub gets so defensive about their heroes
Lowkey he is the James hardens of joe ingles. I see it
NBA players are the queens of podcasts huh
He’ll probably never reach the regular season peak of Harden, but I truly believe there’s a sliver of a chance.
Guy in his 2nd year talking crap about Joe Ingles for no reason, alright then.
He made the all star team 3 years younger than ingles made the NBA, they are not the same skill level.
4th year*
Its his fourth year. Also he’s more accomplashed than ingles. He was the #2 on a 68 win team and champain. He’s a young all star and all nba member. Ingles was good, but he played like around 10-12 seasons in the NBA and averaged like 10-12 points in his prime.
Not disagreeing, but just to be clear: Joe joined the NBA after his prime and never got to show his playmaking or shooting abilities until like his third year in Utah.
Ingles problem when he was younger was that being a solid athlete in Australia/Europe isn’t good enough for NBA scouts who want prospects to be hyperathletes.
Doc Rivers also cut Ingles from the Clippers, which is as good a sign as any that he was legit.