Joe Ingles is arguably the greatest Jazz man to ever play in Salt Lake.

Perhaps that’s a bit hyperbolic, but Ingles has become a revered figure, a perfect staple in the Utah Jazz culture and environment. Why? A flashback to a specific moment in the 2017-18 NBA season perfectly illustrates the value of Jinglin’ Joe as he demonstrated every aspect of why Utah loves him: service, toughness, and threes, all in the span of a few days.

March 15: Service

Ingles purchased a $10,000 pair of eSight goggles so that Landon Carter, right could enjoy Jazz games. (Photo from the UtahJazz Twitter feed)

Landon Carter, age 10, was born legally blind without irises. He can see things that are super up close to him, but everything else is a blur. Take a minute to visualize that; living in Utah that means no fall colors in the canyons, no winter snow flurries, no red and orange sunsets… and no Jazz games.

Last April, Landon and his Dad came to a Jazz game where the team provided Landon with special goggles to watch the game live and without a blur or hiccup. Unfortunately for the Carters, the goggles stay at the arena to help others who are visually impaired.

That’s where Ingles stepped in.

Ingles met Landon and his father, Ryan, on their first visit to the arena and was touched by the youngster’s story. So he forked out $10,000 to give a personal pair of electronic glasses from eSight as a gift to his buddy. Ingles met with Landon before the Jazz’s March 15 game against the Suns, and then gave Landon a front row view – in every definition of the word – to watch Joe light it up. Carter got to watch from up close as his new friend Joe drained four of his seven three-point attempts that night. Imagine that.

“The level of him (Ingles) giving back to the community is huge,” Ryan Carter told the Salt Lake Tribune. “It’s not just, ‘Here’s a few dollars,’ it’s being invested in the community and really giving back.”