I dont think thats accurate to say Tigers would play better without him... see result as to why. But his shooting will definitely not do him any favours AT ALL when it comes time for his agent to renegotiate a deal on his behalf. Hopefully he picks up his shooting, for his sake and the overall hype that comes with an Aussie playing abroad.

I think tigers will do better without him. Have you seen them play?
Its like mills shoots misses mills shoots misses mills shoots get one mills shoot misses.

If they played as a proper team instead of just mills jacking up shots they would be ten fold better of, which wont happen because of his ego.

Which is why when he goes back to the US I think Tigers will do better.

Seems like he would be suited to play for the 36ers

I agree the Tigers will be better without him. Ubaka could easily run the ship; But with Mills there, Ubaka does not look confident and Mills is taking away a lot of his shots.

I think Mills thinks he is a better shooter than what he is.

He makes 2 or so and then thinks he is hot, and throws up garbage. I saw him throw up two airball 3 pointers tonight, then when he was 2-12 from the Field he did the "3-googles" signal when he made a 3.

He threw some really bad passes tonight as well.
5 Turnovers!

lucas walker and benny lewis need to come to cairns asap ....ffs let these kids play,we need our aussie kids playing serious minutes and these boys are ready !!

The ATTENTION he commands from the defense is off the charts. He has missed some shots, alot of shots, but he has been effective enough for the Tigers, that they have a shot this season of causing some damage. He will have games when things click and forget about it when that happens, he will go for 40+ in a 40minute game. For me, stats dont show that attention he commands, and you would have to watch to see it, but thats why i say he is better for the Tigers than not.

Kobe24, the Breakers didn't pay any extra attention to him. I watched the game Live.

They didn't double team him or anything. It was just single coverage with either Jackson or Bruton on him (Bruton used his smarts and veteran tactics to his advantage and Jackson is a relentless defender)

At the end of the day, Mills is 6 foot and I think thats why alot of teams are too worried about defending him..If he was 6"5, it would be a different story.

But Cedrick Jackson, been 6"3 and strong as hell, was able to stop him from getting into the seams and lanes.

Scouting Mills game is not that hard, and Im predicting many more bad shooting games like tonight. He obviously loves to shoot the 3 ball and off the dribble, and will look to penetrate only in the transition game.
All teams need to do is show a hand on his shot and send him to the hoop where your bigs can have a block party (At 6 foot and lacking vertical explosion, all it takes is a good help side defender to come across a put his shot off)

The reason why he had some good games in the NBA (most notably his career high 23 points) was because the opposition didn't know much about him.

Obviously been a bench player like he is, they don't get scouted as much.

But in the NBL, everyone knows his game and they know that he is fast as hell and that he can shoot it(but is inconsistent)

^disagree, Patty was like a token player. I highly doubt a team would be making defensive adjustments for him

I just think it'd be very hard to say as a coach or owner, you would cut a guy after a 2-1 start, regardless of who you beat, even though a Breakers win in any season is huge as it is. He is avergaing 22 points a contest, over 3 points more than next best. Hype of it being Mills or not, that when a guy is second leading scorer in the league, that usually refelcts a record, and at the moment the Tigers have a winning one. I dont even like the Tigers, so id be happy for them to self implode and get rid of him, because thats what people are saying.

The premise of this thread is wrong. Mills will accept the offer he currently has when the lockout eventually ends and will head back to the USA. What happens from there I dont know, but he isnt here to stay.

The NBL is a tough league and Mills is playing a role he hasnt really played before, against very good guards like Jackson, Bruton, Martin etc. He had a bad shooting game last night but so did most on the court, it was a very hard game to score in.

To me....he is just trying to hard and trying to live up to the hype of him playing in the leage.

i think its in the clause of the contract to let him shoot as many as he wants to as long as they can win games.

Mills is here to do some practices. Otherwise he'll opt playing somewhere else like in Europe

On a lighter note Cedrick Jackson looked tough as hell out there. and very slick handles...should be a force this year.

I havent seen alot of mills but my observation was that as 'one of the quickest players around' he should be better at playing defense? Cedric Jackson seemed to be able to go around him at will.


I also dont believe the breakers went out of their way to contain him, personally I think Ubaka is a more dangerous threat. Maybe this is just a suggestion that the caliber of the league is better.

Also agree with MACDUB that 3goggling after taking so many shots was stupid.

Lets not forget Mills doesnt have alot of team leading experience. Every competition he has come from has being a shoot and impress comp, not a team competition like the NBL.
I would be surprised if he doesnt improve greatly through the season to suit a different style of game though.

Who knows maybe I'm wrong but I doubt right now hes playing to his potential.