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No ... well, that was what was being said at the time. And Joe didn't get that much playing time in the beginning. It was when Burks got injured that he started to play significant minutes.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/i/inglejo01/gamelog-advanced/2015/

This is Joe Ingles game logs for 2014. He played 79 games. He played 4 min in game one. I looked at his next 8 or so games. He never played less then 10 min with most in the teens and averaged 20 for his rookie season. He was firmly in the rotation from the get go. If anyone said the jazz signed Ingles to be Exums buddy it was most likely the speculations of dumb reporters. I want to see a link where DL or someone in the org said this. Don't talk out the ***!!
 
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/i/inglejo01/gamelog-advanced/2015/

This is Joe Ingles game logs for 2014. He played 79 games. He played 4 min in game one. I looked at his next 8 or so games. He never played less then 10 min with most in the teens and averaged 20 for his rookie season. He was firmly in the rotation from the get go. If anyone said the jazz signed Ingles to be Exums buddy it was most likely the speculations of dumb reporters. I want to see a link where DL or someone in the org said this. Don't talk out the ***!!

You're right. Didn't realize he played that much then.
 
And to think that the Jazz probably signed Ingles more to be Dante's buddy and help with his development rather than be a contributor to the overall success of the team.
Quin was an assistant coach in Europe when Ingles played there, and even coached against him in the Euroleague Final Four. Quin knew exactly what he was getting, and put him into the rotation almost immediately.

So, you're putting Doc Rivers in that category. And even though he admitted he liked Joe, I don't think he would've cut him if he had foreseen him playing like this.
The Clippers had two non-guaranteed players vying for the 15th roster spot, Joe and Jared Cunningham. Cunningham played better in pre-season and was kept. However, IIRR Doc still wanted to keep Joe and cut someone on a guaranteed contract, but couldn't due to an injury, forcing him to keep the other player as cover. He intended to bring Joe back once the injury situation cleared but the Jazz claimed him off waivers.
 
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