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 .

Apr 6, 2023 · NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with NBA player Patty Mills, point guard now of the Brooklyn Nets, about his work in organizing the Indigenous Basketball Association in his native Australia.

Feb 25, 2022 · Founded by NBA Champion, four-time Olympian and proud Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian Patty Mills, IBA forms part of his ongoing commitment to use the power of sport to create pathways and opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youths through the National Indigenous Youth Basketball Program Australia.

Feb 5, 2021 · Basketball is already a hugely popular sport in Indigenous communities, but a new program by NBA champion and three-time Olympian Patty Mills aims to improve young Indigenous lives on and off the ...

Aug 5, 2020 · Mills has launched Indigenous Basketball Australia (IBA), an organisation that will focus on creating “pathways and opportunities at the grassroots level” for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth. RELATED: Mills’ jaw-dropping donation.

Mar 2, 2023 · In 2006, Mills became the first Indigenous Australian to play for the national team in three decades, succeeding his uncle Danny Morseu. And one of his biggest fears is that he may be the last.

Sep 12, 2020 · Last month, as the Black Lives Matter movement gained momentum, Mills, an NBA star and a proud Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander man, gave an emotional account of growing up black in Australia. "I remember it like it was yesterday," he said in a video for the San Antonio Spurs website.

Jan 18, 2021 · 'We're creating the first of its kind in Australian sporting history': NBA star Patty Mills uses his time in lockdown to launch Indigenous Basketball Austral...

Feb 14, 2023 · Mills's passion for his Indigenous heritage is palpable, even through a video call. The NBA champion is at the Brooklyn Nets training facility in New York and first notices the sound of the native birds in the background from my location on Yuggera and Turrbal country, Brisbane.

In conjunction with Indigenous Basketball Australia, NBA guard Mills has created a competition that will target players aged under 14 and take place across eight locations in Australia, including the Torres Strait Islands.