Patty Mills
Australian basketball player
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| February 1 2025 | Patty Mills was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers along with Drew Eubanks in a multi-player deal involving Mo Bamba and P.J. Tucker. The trade reunited Mills with his former San Antonio Spurs teammate Kawhi Leonard. |
| 2024 | Represented Australia in the Paris Olympics. Scored 13 points against Greece in the third group game, moving to fifth place on the all-time Olympic scoring list. Finished the tournament as Australia's second-leading scorer with 66 points, bringing his career Olympic total to 567 points. |
| September 5 2024 | Patty Mills signed a contract with the Utah Jazz, joining the team as a professional basketball player. |
| March 6 2024 | Patty Mills signed with the Miami Heat, joining the NBA team as a new player. |
| February 29 2024 | The Atlanta Hawks waived Patty Mills from their roster. |
| July 12 2023 | Patty Mills was traded to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for TyTy Washington Jr., Usman Garuba, Rudy Gay, and a 2026 second-round pick. |
| July 8 2023 | The Houston Rockets traded Patty Mills to the Oklahoma City Thunder as part of a five-team trade. |
| July 6 2023 | Patty Mills was traded by the Brooklyn Nets to the Houston Rockets, along with a 2028 second-round draft pick, in exchange for future draft considerations. |
| 2022 | Appointed as the ACT Representative for Australian of the Year, acknowledging his significant contributions. |
| July 10 2022 | Mills re-signed with the Brooklyn Nets on a two-year, $14.5 million contract, continuing his commitment to the team. |
| January 26 2022 | Appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Australia Day Honours for significant service to basketball and charitable initiatives in the Indigenous community. |
| 2021 | Led the Australian Boomers to their first-ever Olympic medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (held in 2021). |
| 2021 | Received the Sport Australia Hall of Fame 'Don Award', recognizing his outstanding achievements in sports. |
| 2021 | Won the CBR Sports Awards as Men's Sport Athlete of the Year, highlighting his exceptional athletic performance. |
| December 25 2021 | On NBA Christmas Day, Mills tied his career high with 34 points, including eight three-pointers (a record for Christmas Day), in a win over the Los Angeles Lakers. |
| December 14 2021 | Mills played a career-high 43 minutes and scored a season-high 30 points against the Toronto Raptors, including a crucial game-tying three-pointer that sent the game to overtime, ultimately winning 131-129. |
| November 22 2021 | Mills overtook Andrew Bogut's NBA record for most points scored by an Australian, scoring 17 points against the Cleveland Cavaliers. |
| November 14 2021 | Mills scored a season-high 29 points, including nine three-pointers, in a win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. |
| October 22 2021 | Mills became the first player in NBA history to shoot perfectly from the three-point line (10-of-10) in the first two games of a season. |
| October 19 2021 | Mills made his Brooklyn Nets debut, scoring 21 points on a perfect 7-of-7 shooting from three-point range in a loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, tying the league record for most threes made in a debut with a new team. |
| August 10 2021 | Patty Mills signed with the Brooklyn Nets, beginning a new chapter in his NBA career. |
| March 14 2021 | Mills overtook Andrew Bogut's record for most NBA games played by an Australian by playing his 706th game. |
| January 18 2021 | Mills set an NBA record for most three-point shots made for one team as a reserve. |
| 2020 | Became the first Indigenous Australian flag bearer, carrying the Australian flag at the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony. Led Australia to their first Olympic medal in men's basketball, scoring 42 points in the bronze medal game, which is an Olympic record for points in a medal round game. Named in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics All Star Five as shooting guard. |
| 2020 | Helped launch the 'We Got You' campaign to support athletes fighting racism in Australian sport. Donated approximately $1 million to Black Lives Matter Australia and Black Deaths in Custody. |
| January 19 2020 | Mills made his 1,000th NBA three-pointer, becoming the first Australian player in NBA history to reach this milestone. |
| July 8 2019 | Patty Mills married his long-time girlfriend Alyssa Mills (née Levesque) in a ceremony held at Waimea Valley, Hawaii. |
| 2017 | Mills co-wrote a series of books for young readers with Jared Thomas, which were subsequently published in 2018 as the Game Day! Championship Collection. |
| December 18 2017 | Mills became one of only three Spurs in franchise history to score 3,000 career points as a reserve in a 109-91 win over the Los Angeles Clippers. |
| December 4 2017 | Mills became the third Spur to make 500 three-pointers as a reserve in a 96-93 win over the Detroit Pistons. |
| April 25 2017 | Mills scored a postseason-high 20 points in a 116-103 win over the Memphis Grizzlies in game 5 of their first-round playoff series. |
| 2016 | Helped the Boomers finish fourth at the Rio Olympics. |
| 2015 | Competed in the FIBA Oceania Championship. |
| July 2014 | Mills was presented with the keys to the city in Canberra following the San Antonio Spurs' championship success. |
| June 2014 | Mills helped the San Antonio Spurs win the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat, scoring 17 points in game 5, with 14 points coming in the third quarter to help secure the series victory. |
| 2013 | Played for Australia at the FIBA Oceania Championship. |
| 2012 | Represented Australia at the London Olympics, recording the highest scoring average of 21.2 points per game, surpassing Kevin Durant. |
| April 26 2012 | Mills achieved his first NBA double-double, scoring a career-high 34 points and 12 assists in a 107-101 win over the Golden State Warriors, setting the highest single-game score by an Australian in NBA history at that time. |
| March 27 2012 | Patty Mills signed with the San Antonio Spurs, marking the beginning of his long-term tenure with the team. |
| January 4 2012 | Mills was released by Xinjiang after being out for 10 days with a hamstring injury, with controversy surrounding allegations of faking the injury. |
| 2011 | Competed in the FIBA Oceania Championship. |
| 2011 | Started the charity project 'Assist Australia' in response to the Queensland floods of March 2010 and December 2010 to January 2011. |
| December 8 2011 | NBA lockout ended, with Mills hoping to return to the Portland Trail Blazers, though FIBA clearance was uncertain until March. |
| November 20 2011 | Mills was released by the Xinjiang Flying Tigers after receiving an offer of about $1 million from a Chinese team. |
| October 7 2011 | In the Melbourne Tigers' season opener, Mills scored a game-high 28 points, leading the team to an 82-76 victory over the Sydney Kings. |
| August 29 2011 | Patty Mills signed with the Melbourne Tigers during the NBA lockout, choosing to play in the National Basketball League (NBL) instead of accepting offers from European teams. |
| April 13 2011 | Posted a career-best 23 points in Portland's regular-season finale against Golden State Warriors. |
| 2010 | Patty Mills and teammate Rudy Fernández popularized the '3 Goggles' trend in the NBA, where players make an A-OK hand gesture after successfully shooting a three-point basket. |
| 2010 | Mills began his first charity work, raising over $40,000 for flood relief efforts in Queensland. |
| 2010 | Played for Australia at the FIBA World Championship. |
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