PATTY MILLS RUMORS & GOSSIP
Spurs' Mills prefers playing in Olympics over the NBA & is learning much from Parker
The San Antonio Spurs are on the verge of sweeping the Utah Jazz in their first-round playoff series which would mean one step closer to the NBA Finals and a shot at the franchise's fifth NBA title.
The playoffs are such an exciting time during the NBA season and just being in the league has to be an exciting time in a player's life. It is considered the pinnacle of basketball...
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23 days ago
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23 days ago
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It might be the playoffs but Spurs' Mills is eyeing Olympics
Hopefully the San Antonio Spurs have a long playoff march en route to another NBA title. Currently, the team is leading their first-round series versus the Utah Jazz 2-0 but coming around the corner this summer is the 2012 Olympics where the Spurs will be heavily represented.
Tony Parker, Boris Diaw, Manu Ginobili, Tiago Splitter, and Patty Mills will be representing their respective...
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27 days ago
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27 days ago
Mills leads Spurs to victory in finale over Warriors
With 6:16 remaining in the game on Thursday evening in Golden State, the San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors were tied at 95. Spurs guard Patty Mills would go on his own 6-0 run by draining back-to-back three pointers that would eventually lead to a 107-101 Spurs win.
Mills, who led the way with 34 points and 12 assists, guided the Spurs to an NBA record13th 50-win season...
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April 27, 2012
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April 27, 2012
Mills leads short-handed Spurs past Warriors
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- For the second straight night, Patty Mills showed San Antonio he's capable of scoring in bunches.
The timing is good, too, with the Spurs racing into the postseason as the top seed in the West -- even though Mills will be back in a reserve role.
On a night San Antonio played without its top three players and coach Gregg Popovich, Mills looked a lot like...
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April 27, 2012
Early thoughts on Patty Mills
We've heard from several current and former San Antonio Spurs players over the years that it takes a full season to really get familiar and fit in with the system.
Someone evidently forgot to tell Patty Mills.
Since Mills joined the Spurs, he has shown exactly why the Spurs front office and scouts have been so successful, making a low-risk move and turning it into...
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April 11, 2012
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April 11, 2012
Stephen A Smith ridicules Patty Mills' name
Anyone who has been unfortunate enough to catch Stephen A (aka "Screaming A") Smith on ESPN's basketball coverage knows that he can be obnoxious at the best of times. He makes his living from shouting at the camera in an attempt to produce controversy.
This time around he was involved in a debate of sorts with fellow ESPN commenter Skip Bayless about whether the San...
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April 06, 2012
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April 06, 2012
Patty Mills to join San Antonio Spurs
Word is, Patty Mills is about to join Australian Boomers coach Brett Brown, with the San Antonio Spurs. There has long been speculation that this would be a good situation for Patty to walk into, with Spurs Assistant Coach Brown there as mentor.
In addition to the Brown connection, Patty joins a line of famous Aussie guards in Spurs colours, namely Andrew Gaze and current Sydney...
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March 17, 2012
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March 17, 2012
Blazers renounce rights to G Patty Mills
Australian guard Patty Mills is a free agent after the Portland Trail Blazers renounced their rights to him.
Mills played for the Blazers last season, but during the lockout went to play with the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association. He was cut by the Flying Tigers earlier this year because of a hamstring injury, and FIBA cleared him to return to the NBA...
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March 17, 2012
Blazers cut ties with G Mills
The Portland Trail Blazers renounced their rights to Australian guard Patty Mills on Saturday.Mills went to play with the Xinjiang Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association during the NBA lockout, but was cut by the Flying Tigers earlier this year because of a hamstring injury.FIBA cleared him to return to the NBA earlier this month before Portland cut ties and made him a free...
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March 17, 2012
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March 17, 2012
Former Blazer Patty Mills visits Portland
Former Trail Blazers guard Patty Mills says he'd like to return to the NBA when the Chinese league that holds his rights releases him.
Mills, who is from Australia, was cut by the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association earlier this month because of a hamstring injury. The dismissal was controversial because the Tigers alleged he was faking the injury.
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January 12, 2012
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