SALT LAKE CITY — Entering Zions Bank Basketball Campus for practice was tough for Joe Ingles on some days.
Even strolling into Vivint Arena for Utah Jazz home games on certain days was a drag for the Australian 3-point marksman.
That was because Ingles and his wife, Renae, learned that their 2-and-a-half-year-old son Jacob was diagnosed with autism on Jan. 8.
So, even deeper than playing through his ugly middle finger sprain, left ankle sprain and the legendary performance in Memphis on Nov. 12 where he used a makeshift headband to cover a split above his left eye, Ingles became the NBA’s iron man while pushing through some serious family issues.