Go away New York :(

Yeah nah no thanks. Knicks need a PG who can lead and set the team up

I think it could be a good case of buy low sell high for the spurs. How much more improvement has he got left in him.Would they be happy to keep him as 7th, 8th man for a low salary (value for money)?

Except youre not selling high because hes an unreatricted FA...youre buying low, giving away for free...

my mistake, thought he had a year left. time goes quick.

I read today that both the Heat & Pacers would be a perfect fit for Patty.
As both need starting point guards & both have point forwards/guards that would allow Mills to play off the ball to use his 3 point abilities (That's if Lebron stays with the Heat). Me, I would prefer if he stays at the Spurs.

Not sure if the Knicks would be a good fit for Patty with Amare Stoudemire staying for $23 Million this year & Carmelo Anthony heading for free agency.
At least this is the last year of Amare horrible contract & with Phil Jackson on board he might be able to bring the Knicks back from the dead.

I would sign another deal with the Spurs if they offer him one and if it is reasonably close to offers elsewhere.. the team is aging, he is growing and sure to get even better minutes next season.

Did anyone else think Pop tried to keep his value down by not playing him more than 30 mins? He could of had 40 yesterday!

Pop will retain him & i hope he does.

Patty not ready to run a franchise show...

Virtually every team is interested in signing players that can shoot, let alone everything else Patty brings to the table. Hopefully the Spurs fork out the cash to re-sign him.

Gary Neal 12/13 Patty Mills 13/14
MPG 21.8 18.9
PPG 9.5 10.2
FG% .412 .464
3P% .355 .425
FT% .865 .890
RPG 2.1 2.1
APG 1.9 1.8
SPG 0.4 0.8
TOPG 0.8 0.8

Gary Neal signed a 2-year $6.5mil (fully guaranteed) contract with Milwaukee following 12/13.

Patty had a more efficient season statistically, is younger than Neal was this time last year, and has a championship ring to boot.

I dare say that the Knicks won't be in contention if they are only willing to spend "a portion of their mini mid-level exception" ($3.2mil).

What about George Hill - Signed a 5 year $40 Million Contract.

His 2013/14 Stats.
MPG PPG APG RPG PER
32.0 10.3 3.5 3.7 13.42

Patty average the same amount points per game on nearly half the mins played.

Not saying Patty is worth $8 Mil a year, but what wereIndiana thinking when they offered him that contract.

Id take George Hill over Patty Mills.

I agree playmaker mo, if you're going to leave the spurs to go to a losing team it'd better be for more than that.

I would say a salary range of $4-5 million a season is more appropriate for Patty's value in the open market than $3M that the Knicks/NY post article is suggesting. Of course if he stays at the Spurs it would be less, probably around the $3M a season mark.


It's funny how a player like Jeremy Lin can go from being waived by teams consistently, then through other player injuries has a break out couple of months and yet those same teams that waived him now all of a sudden are scrambling to sign him for huge money, and he signs a contract for $26 million over 3 years. Next season he will be on $14M, huge money considering his performance isn't that great and certainly hasn't been at the level it was for the period he was at the Knicks.

Kobe24 I don't know why you think they are comparable, George Hill is a PG, is 28 Years old, and signed a 5 year $40 million contract with Pacers

Harden Averaged 6 assists by himself last season.One thing he does well is be efficient on offence and get hi teammates good looks.He has sublime court vision.Hi defence stinks but to say he is not a willing passer or inefficient is wrong.

Patty should be looking for money and a solid 2/3 year deal with gurantted money.

He has a chip and shown he can play so time to get a deal and set up the rest of his life.

If it is with the Spurs great, if not then so be it.

Did anyone else think Pop tried to keep his value down by not playing him more than 30 mins?

at this stage of his career patty is best suited to being a impact scorer, high rotation player off the bench, spread the floor so that parker/manu can attack or get duncan with single coverage kind of role.

several things are obvious.

1. pop will rest parker plenty during the season and give patty lots of minutes

2. pop trusts patty and has progressively moved him up the rotations as he has proven he can play in the spurs system.

3. the spurs system of multiple passing with wings out wide to spread the defense from clogging the lanes suits patty to a tee.


the only reason patty should move anywhere is if pop were to bring in pg's that would move patty down the rotation order. but i dont see that happening. i dont know what tweaks pop may make to the gameplan though , but the one right now works to the crew and patty works to the plan.

Patty will get bigger $$$ if he goes elsewhere. He will also get more exposure and more minutes. We all know Patty can be a franchise player we have seen him go nuts at international/olympic level. If he stays in the Spurs system he will remain a role player in his prime and will never know how far he could have taken his game. I say go for it Patty.

Patty isn't a franchise player lol

He's good, I love him, I hope he stays at the Spurs, but he's not a franchise player.

If Patty leaves for money and minutes it will cement him as a selfish player/person to a degree. Yes money is important, but when you're making (and he will get it from Spurs) 2+ million a year, and 20 minutes a game you can't complain when you're a championship contender year in and year out. He's also pretty smart with his money and investments, so I don't think he will leave for those reasons now he had this breakout season and has financial interests that will keep his pockets filled.

Who Is comparing a 24 year old Harden who has not even come close to reaching his peak/potential to Kobe?.

Patty should quit the NBA and come and play the United way

Everyone keeps saying that Patty is best off the bench so does anyone here believe that should be his role for the national team with Delly and Exum/Goulding/Newley starting ?

Well done to Patty and I hope he gets a big pay day soon... Maybe a 2 year deal with with option for 3rd and stay with Spurs and see how much Parker regresses and if he is still getting Mills' minutes then ask for a trade perhaps ?

Both Kobe and Wade are on the downside while harden will just keep on improving.

Proud I guess you haven't watched the national team where he has came off the bench a lot haha

Patty is a great bench spark at NBA level but should be a starter for the boomers for years to come.

Pray for Patty.