Rookie Chronicles » Patty Mills

AdelaideNow: Patrick Mills Steps in to Pick up the Slack for Aussies

Rookie Chronicles — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:55:15 +0000

James Dampney of AdelaideNow just wrote an article on Patty’s role with Australia’s national basketball team. Here’s a snippet from the article:

Earlier this decade, the Australian men’s basketball team was facing a crisis.

For the preceding 20 years, the Boomers had been blessed with some world-class point guards, including multiple-Olympians Shane Heal, CJ Bruton and Phil Smyth.

But with Heal ending his international career after the 2004 Olympics and Bruton nearing the end of his time in national colours, there was genuine concern over who would take over the playmaking duties.

Around that time, however, word started to emerge of a lightning quick, pint-sized, indigenous point guard learning the trade in Canberra.

Read the rest of the article HERE.

The Draft Moment

Rookie Chronicles — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:45:25 +0000

Here are photos of Terrence, Patty and DeMar after their names were called on draft night.

Twitter Reacts: Patty Mills Drafted By the Blazers

Rookie Chronicles — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:38:56 +0000

Here’s how Twitter reacted to the Blazers selection of Patty Mills last night:

Jhagrefbak: Welcome to Portland @Patty_Mills ! Excited that you are going to be a Blazer. Torch some fools in summer league for us! Cheers mate!

Altohombre:@Patty_Mills There is no way you weren’t one of the top 3 pg’s in that draft. You will prove them all wrong.

JonTaneski: @NBA I wanna be the first to get a Portland Trailblazers Patty Mills Jersey

moezone3svg: @Patty_Mills yo my dude you under rated i think you gone be the best 2 round pick of all time i thought you shoud had went in the 1st round.

ASternWarning: @Patty_Mills Enjoy the sights mate. Looking fwd to seeing you carve up Summer League with the Blazers.

DSteen31: @Patty_Mills good luck man, NYers are not happy we passed at u at 29, listening to sports talk radio now, everyones in agreement u got away

matstevens: @Patty_Mills Congratulations mate. All aussies are proud no matter what number you got picked you made it. Make the number a motivation tool

AprilAnnette: @Patty_Mills am so sad ur not playing with the spurs):but ur with Portland(: and i still have a big chance to meet u XD ur my fav rookie(:

AnotherLeague: How the hell did patty mills fall to 55th overall? At least Portland’s PG postition is weak.

JJLang_2: Great moves by the Blazers — Patty Mills is the steal of the draft.

jammerz2009: @jason_mesnick The Blazers got Patty Mills to, they might actually have a prayer of having a good season this year.

Congrats to the Rookie Chronicles ‘09 Draft Class

Rookie Chronicles — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:17:34 +0000

Last night was a big night for Patty Mills, DeMar DeRozan and Terrence Williams. Patty was drafted by the Portland Trailblazers, DeMar was selected by the Toronto Raptors, and Terrence is now a New Jersey Net. Each player is now headed out for press conferences with their respective new teams.

In the next couple of days we’ll be bringing you reaction from each team’s bloggers, as well as behind the scenes footage of the draft from each of the players. Each guy was armed with their own flip cam for draft day, so they probably all have some great behind the scenes footage for us. Congrats again to Patty, DeMar and Terrence for making it to the big leagues.

—RookieChronicles.com Staff

DeMar and Patty on NBADraft.net

Rookie Chronicles — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:44:53 +0000

DeMar and Patty were each recently interviewed by NBADraft.net. Here’s a look at each of the interviews: DeMar’s and Patty’s

Video: Draft Combine Media Session

Rookie Chronicles — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:31:12 +0000

Patty, DeMar and Terrence all were at this year’s Chicago pre-draft camp. Here’s some video of each of their pre-camp media sessions:

Patty Mills

Terrence Williams

DeMar DeRozan

Via: DraftExpress

Welcome

Rookie Chronicles — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:00:46 +0000

Welcome to the Rookie Chronicles. This is a blog that will give you an inside look at some of the NBA’s top rookies year after year. This season we’ll focus on three rookies: DeMar DeRozan (USC), Terrence Williams (Louisville) and Patty Mills (St. Mary’s/Australian Olympic Team). Sit back and enjoy the ride.