Patty Mills starts first Indigenous Community Basketball League, partnering with NBA – ABC News

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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