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Patty Mills starts first Indigenous Community Basketball League, partnering with NBA – ABC News
NBA star Patty Mills hopes the newly formed Indigenous Community Basketball League will help provide a pathway into professional leagues for First Nations players….
Basketball is already a hugely popular sport in Indigenous communities, but a new program by NBA champion and three-time Olympian Patty Mills aims to improve young Indigenous lives on and off the court.
Key points:
- There are currently three Indigenous men playing in the NBL
- Former NBL player Tyson Demos says he did not have many Indigenous basketball-playing role models
- The NBA is partnering with Mills’s organisation to try to unearth more talent like the Spurs star
The Indigenous Community Basketball…
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