Patty Mills is an Australian professional basketball player who plays for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA) at the Point guard position. He 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 Saint Mary’s College of California.
Patty Mills
Born Patrick Sammie Mills on August 11, 1988 in Canberra, Australia, his father, Benny, is a Torres Strait Islander (Muralag) and his mother, Yvonne, is Aboriginal Australian (Nyunga), he is the cousin of rugby league player Edrick Lee and fellow basketball player Nathan Jawai. He attended Canberra’s Marist College, but left at the end of 2004 to attend the Australian Institute of Sport and Lake Ginninderra College. He began playing professionally in 2009 and became one of the first Australians to play in the NBA. In 2014, Mills began dating Alyssa Levesque.
Patty Mills Personal Details:
Date Of Birth: 11 August 1988
Birth Place: Canberra, Australia
Birth Name: Patrick Sammie Mills
Nickname: Patty
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Occupation: Basketball player
Nationality: Australian
Race/Ethnicity: Black
Religion: Christianity
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Patty Mills Body Statistics:
Weight in Pounds: 180 lbs
Weight in Kilogram: 82 kg
Height in Feet: 6′ 1″
Height in Meters: 1.85 m
Body Build/Type: Athletic
Shoe Size: N/A
Patty Mills Family Details:
Father: Benny Mills
Mother: Yvonne Mills
Spouse/Wife: Unmarried
Children: No
Siblings: Unknown
Others: Danny Morseu (Uncle) (Former Olympian basketballer)
Patty Mills Education:
Marist College Canberra
Saint Mary’s College of California
Patty Mills Facts:
*Born on August 11, 1988 in Canberra, Australia, he is of Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal Australian descent.
*He made his senior national team debut for the Boomers at the FIBA Oceania Championship in 2007.
*He began his NBA career with the Portland Trail Blazers in 2010.
*He helped the San Antonio Spurs win the NBA Championship in 2014.
*He is the second Indigenous Australian to play basketball in the NBA (after Nathan Jawai).
*He raised over $40,000 with the charity foundation Wears My Shirt for the 2010 Queensland flood relief.
*Follow him on Twitter and Instagram.