Patty Mills - 7EN - Australian Biographies

About Patty Mills

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Patrick Sammie Mills (born 11 August 1988) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Mills was born and raised in Canberra, and is of Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal Australian descent. In 2007, he became the third Indigenous basketball player to play for the Australian national team. Mills was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 55th overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft after playing two years of college basketball for the Saint Mary's Gaels.
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Biography
One of the brightest stars to ever come off the AIS production line, Mills was on the Australian Boomers radar at age 17, teaming up with the national squad in 2006. It was in 2007 when the promising young guard made his Boomers debut and from there things were on the up and up for Mills

Books

Patty and the Shadows Open in Cataloguing #2 in Game day! by Patty Mills with Jared Thomas ; illustrations by Nahum Ziersch
Call Number: F MIL
Publication Date: 2017

Newspaper article

Patty Mills's rise to international stardom, Olympic history and his unwavering connection to his culture – ABC News

Websites

For My People | Patty Mills Documentary
“When you talk about giving hope to kids, this is a tremendous example, he’s an indigenous kid from Canberra who worked his butt off and made it”
Meet Patrick Mills – Let’s Talk – Olympic Heroes (Online pdf)

Videos

Aussie basketball star Patty Mills is heading to a new NBA team the Brooklyn Nets. He's got a lot of reasons to celebrate ,about 16 million dollars' worth of reasons. (2021)