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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 57. Chapters: Luc Longley, Patrick Mills, Darryl McDonald, David Andersen, Brad Newley, Andrew Gaze, Chris Anstey, Phil Smyth, Ricky Grace, Mark Bradtke, Luke Schenscher, Basil Sellers, Kyrie Irving, Nathan Jawai, C. J. Bruton, Brett Maher, Shane Heal, Andrew Ogilvy, Adrian Hurley, Ater Majok, Paul Rogers, Leroy Loggins, Dusty Rychart, Lindsay Gaze, Cal Bruton, Sam Mackinnon, Danny Morseu, Paul Rees, Tony Ronaldson, Brendan Joyce, Larry Davidson, Robert Rose, Mark Davis, Joe Ingles, Ben Pepper, Andrew Vlahov, Matthew Nielsen, Daniel Johnson, Aleks Maric, Martin Cattalini, Mat Campbell, David Barlow, Alan Black, Glen Saville, Larry Sengstock, Russell Hinder, Scott Fisher, Mark Worthington, Luke Kendall, Adam Caporn, Aaron Trahair, Jason Smith, Jeff Dowdell, Lanard Copeland, James Harvey, Jacob Holmes, Alex Loughton, Damien Ryan, Luke Nevill, Brett Rainbow, John Rillie, Ben Hunt, Matt Shanahan, Oscar Forman, Angela Marino, Frank Drmic, Ray Borner, Scott McGregor, Daryl Corletto, Nick Horvath, Darren Ng, David Fanning, Damian Martin, Michael Parsons, Peter Crawford, Mark Nash, Anthony Stewart, Steve Leven, Scott Fenton, Martin Iti, Stephen Black, Matthew Dellavedova, Nathan Herbert, Brad Hill, Mike Ellis, David Cooper, Adam Gibson, Bradley Sheridan, Tom Daly, Shane Crothers, Matt Burston, Adam Quick, Tim Behrendorff, Luke Martin, Michael Kingma, Steven Markovic, Cam Rigby, Chris Goulding, Daniel Munday, Stephen Hoare, Ben Dowdell, Adam Darragh, Brendon Hackwill, Nathan Crosswell, David Stiff, Daniel Jackson, Adrien Sturt, Eric Bailey, Brad Williamson, Mick Hill, Brent Hobba, Mark Dalton, Brad Dalton, Caitlin Cunningham, Matt Unicomb, Jessica Bibby, Fiona Robinson, Robyn Maher, Kelvin Robertson, Sharin Milner, Steve Constanzo, Ryan Kersten, Matt Sutton, Kellie Abrams, Tommy Greer, Dan Wardrope, Michelle Chandler, Matt O'Hea, Melissa Marsh, Noeleen Dix, Desiree Glaubitz, Gordon McLeod, Matt Clowry, Cheryl Chambers. Excerpt: Patrick "Patty" Sammie Mills (born 11 August 1988) is an Indigenous Australian professional basketball player who plays point guard for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA. He is one of the first Indigenous Australians to play basketball in the NBA, and is one of the youngest players ever to suit up for the Australia national basketball team, the Boomers. Mills' father is a Torres Strait Islander and his mother is an Aboriginal from the Ynunga people of South Australia. He was first exposed to basketball as a four-year-old with The Shadows, an Indigenous Australian team that his parents established. Mills attended Marist College Canberra where he played a variety of sports in addition to basketball, such as Australian football and athletics. He served as ball boy for the Canberra Cannons of the NBL around 2000. During that time, his family developed a close relationship with Cannons player David Patrick, who would eventually play a key role in Mills' career. At the age of 15, Mills was selected for the ACT U-18 squad to compete in the Australian National Championships. The following year, Mills accepted a full-time scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport, which had also developed three-time WNBA MVP Lauren Jackson and current Milwaukee Bucks player Andrew Bogut, where he continued to develop as a player. He also made a strong impression at the 2005 Australian Olympic Youth Festival, an event considered to be a showcase for future elite sporting talents. In January 20...