Who is Alyssa Mills, Girlfriend of Patty Mills? His Parents, Family, Salary, Jersey
Patty Mills is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets. After playing two years of college basketball for the Saint Mary’s Gaels, Mills was picked with the 55th overall choice in the 2009 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. He was the first player from Saint Mary’s to be drafted since 1983, and he was the highest pick since 1961.
Patty Mills is in the 3PT contest today 🙌 pic.twitter.com/GJAUS8FIxj
— Brooklyn Netcast (@BrooklynNetcast) February 19, 2022
He was the third Indigenous basketball player to play for the Australian national team when he made his debut in 2007. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, he guided the Australian Boomers to their first-ever medal in an international competition in 2021. Mills is noted for his ability to shoot three-pointers and for his leadership qualities. Currently, Mills is playing as Point Guard for the Nets.
Patty Mills’ wife
Mills is not single anymore as he married his long-time girlfriend, Alyssa Mills. They dated each other for over 10 years and then took this relationship a step ahead.
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The couple got married in 2019. Patty Mills is a successful player and Alyssa is a businesswoman. Alyssa completed her bachelor’s degree in business and now she is the founder of Strait The Label.
Patty Mills Parents and family
Mills was born on 11 August 1988 in Canberra, Australia, to Benny Mills and Yvonne Mills. His father is from the Torres Strait Islands and his mother is an Australian Aboriginal and she is originally from South Australia. When he came to know about his mother’s identity, that was the major turning point in his life.
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Mills’ uncle, Danny Morseu, former Olympian basketball player, was the second Indigenous Australian to represent Australia in basketball in the Olympics. Thirty years later, Mills would be the third. He is the cousin of rugby league stars Edrick Lee and Brenko Lee, as well as Nathan Jawai, a basketball player. Eddie Mabo, an Indigenous land rights activist, is Mills’ great uncle.
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Patty Mills’ salary
Patty has signed his contract for $5,890,000 for this season and will make $6,184,500 in the next one as per his contract with the Nets. His net worth is around $8 million.
Patty Mills jersey
Patty wears jersey number 8 with the Nets and wears number 5 with the Australia men’s National Basketball team. 11 other players wore jersey number 8 and some of the legendary players were Eddie Gill, Deron Williams, and Spencer Dinwiddie.