When Joe Ingles signed his four year, $52 million contract to return to the Utah Jazz back in 2017, most saw it as more of a nod to Gordon Hayward than in Joe Ingles monetary value to the Utah Jazz. Gordon Hayward and Joe Ingles shared an agent—Mark Bartelstein—and this was seen as a “You scratch our back and we’ll scratch yours” type of deal. Prior to the deal, Joe Ingles was averaging 7.1 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game for the Utah Jazz. He had just entered the starting rotation after coming off the bench for the Utah Jazz as their sixth man.