There is an inflatable bounce house in a room of Joe Ingles’ Salt Lake City home. There are kiddie pools and water toys waiting for summer. There have been bike rides and afternoons with building blocks. And the closest the Utah Jazz forward has come to putting on a uniform in the past two months was the day he dressed up like Olaf, the snowman from the movie “Frozen”.
The global COVID-19 pandemic has changed so many aspects of our lives. It has upended our plans. For Ingles, it has thrown a promising NBA season into jeopardy. It has also provided the 32-year-old Aussie with opportunity and a renewed appreciation for what matters to him most.