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Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA
Patty Mills is finalizing a deal with the San Antonio Spurs, league sources tell Y! Sports. Portland's renouncing of rights is in the works.
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA
Mills, the Aussie point guard, played the season in China and has been cleared to return to NBA. Deal should be completed in next 24 hours.
Sam Amick @sam_amick
Source confirms @WojYahooNBA report that Patty Mills will join San Antonio. Two- year deal. Mills was playing in China.
Sam Amick @sam_amick
Mills gets a player option in the second year, worth approximately $1 million. Houston was interested too. Portland renounced rights.
Last edited by ace3g; 03-17-2012 at 04:17 PM.
Interesting....
Who is this guy?
nice
he did play pretty good in Portland for a 10 minute guy...
Is this guy any good? Never seen him play..
Thoughts by anyone who has seen him play enough? Can he shoot? How's his ball handing? Passing? Defense?
Guy can ball. Better than Fish and Carter IMO.
Brett Brown surely helped this signing
Patty on St. Patty?
Look at ya, laddy, passin the ball and kaypin the Brits away.
Outstanding.
Now just need to add a big.
St. Patty's Day joke? Not saying it is, at all...just the only day of the year in which news of some guy named Patty could be an inside joke.
Next up: Patrick Ewing comes out of retirement? Or Danica Patrick to PG?
yeah! Loved this kid in Portland that I bought his jersey last season.
He plays with a lot of heart and will add some spirit to the team.
hope she can ball..
Surprised Portland did us a favor, tbh.
Aussie, was Blazers 25th pick in 2010. Six feet tall, quick...somewhat like a young TP with a better shot than Tony had when he entered the league.
I'm on board.
i like
Solid choice that makes sense. Played for coach Brett Brown with the Boomers. Once again, the Spurs with a move that few people expected.
damn he made Nash his at the beginning of the vid.
I've only seen this kid play sparingly during his stint in Portland, and I have to admit that I wasn't very impressed. He looked quick, but sort of puny.yeah! Loved this kid in Portland that I bought his jersey last season
He plays with a lot of heart and will add some spirit to the team.
Since you're more familiar with him, tell me what it is that you liked about him? And how is he defensively?
Wow, interesting.
1. I'm surprised the Blazers let him go. I was wrong when I thought Portland would hold onto him unless the Spurs gave them something. (Well, unless it comes out the Spurs gave the Blazers something to let Mills go ... not sure if that's legal, though).
2. Assistant coach Brett Brown being the Australian national league coach gives the Spurs some inside info on him. Brown must like what he saw.
3. Mills is more of a third string point guard, which means the Spurs will stick with Neal at backup point guard. Honestly, I really like that decision.
4. Mills isn't much of a playmaker, he's much more of a scorer. In the Spurs system, that's fine. He can handle the ball pretty well, which is important.
5. For a unknown guy, Mills has a pretty high ceiling. He was awesome in international compe ion a few years back and as a freshman in college, IIRC. His stock has flatlined a bit in recent years but he has an intriguing future.
Overall, I like the move. I didn't think he was available. If I knew the Spurs could have gotten him, he would have been near the top of my list.
RC is on fire
I like
CIA Sean Marks move
Great signing.
Mills was the best option but I thought he wasn't really available since he was a RFA. Thanks to Portland for having renouncing to his rights.
Mills could be good enough to be be a full time backup PG. It's now up to Pop to decided if he will go with Mills or Neal for that spot. My guess is that he will stick with Neal because he knows more the team.
The second year in his contract is also interesting. He has a good chance of being Spurs backup PG next year. It's a bad news for Joseph. He will need to impress Spurs this summer and fall if he doesn't want to follow JA footsteps and having the option for his third year not picked.
I'm guessing the Blazers doing everything they could to screw the Spurs ended when Pritchard got fired.
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