Patty Mills

Patty Mills
AM
	Mills with the Brooklyn Nets in 2022
No. 88 – Miami Heat
Position	Point guard
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	11 August 1988 (age 35); Canberra, Australia
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school	Marist College; (Canberra); Lake Ginninderra; (Canberra);
College	Saint Mary's (2007–2009)
NBA draft	2009: 2nd round, 55th overall pick
	Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Playing career	2009–present
Career history
2009–2011	Portland Trail Blazers
2009–2010	→Idaho Stampede
2011	Melbourne Tigers
2011–2012	Xinjiang Flying Tigers
2012–2021	San Antonio Spurs
2021–2023	Brooklyn Nets
2023–2024	Atlanta Hawks
2024–present	Miami Heat
Career highlights and awards
	NBA champion (2014); NBA Sportsmanship Award (2022); The Don Award Winner (2021); 2× Gaze Medalist (2008, 2010); 2× First-team All-WCC (2008, 2009); WCC Newcomer of the Year (2008); WCC All-Freshman Team (2008); No. 13 retired by Saint Mary's Gaels;
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Men's basketball
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
FIBA Oceania Championship

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

Mills played for the Portland Trail Blazers for two seasons. In 2011, during the NBA lockout, he played for the Melbourne Tigers of the National Basketball League (NBL) and for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers in China. Mills returned to the United States in March 2012 and signed with the San Antonio Spurs. He became a strong contributor off the bench and helped the Spurs win the 2014 NBA championship. In 2021 he led the Australian Boomers to their first ever Olympic medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.^[1] Mills is known for his three-point shooting and his leadership qualities.

^ "After finishing fourth four times, the Boomers finally get on the Olympic podium". Abc.net.au. 7 August 2021. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.