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Years ago

Patty Mills declares draft eligibility today @ 1pm

Both andy Katz and Chad ford discussed the draft now that declarations have closed, and both beleive Patty Mill's timing to nominate is "Hard to argue":

"Mills' broken right hand was enough of a scare to send him into the draft. Mills has proved at the Olympic level that he can play with the elite players. He still could technically return, but no one would debate his readiness to play professionally."

Link: http://linky.com.au/kouvc

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Years ago

Melbourne's Herald-Sun ran a story today on Mills and his NBA draft nomination.

Link: http://linky.com.au/rtrcq

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Beantown

Years ago

I'll chuck a vote in for Patty late first round, LC! It would be interesting to see how many of the people who voted are Australians!

I think we will have to wait until much closer to the cut off date for underclassmen to withdraw before we have a good idea where Mills is likely to be drafted.

I think he could even go as high mid first round if he really impresses in a couple of workouts, but he could just as easily drop deep into the second round if he does the opposite.

I agree that the best scenario for Mills is to go to a team who needs a backup pg. Backing up Billups would be okay, since he has a lot of knowledge and will probably only play big minutes one or two more years at most.

I still like Atlanta though, because he would be in a great position to learn from Mike Bibby and take the reins of a young, fast, athletic team in a couple of years. Having Joe Johnson as his backcourt mate would really help him as well, because he wouldn't need to run the offence straight away, and Joe draws so much attention, Patty would get open a lot more.

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Years ago

ESPN have a poll on where Patty Mills wil be drafted...

Currently:

4% = early lottery
17% = late lottery
33% = first round
33% = second round
13% = undrafted

So that means 54% of the 4741 respondents (at the time) believe he will be a first round draft pick, and 87% believe he will be drafted.

Link: http://linky.com.au/ea7w1

The poll is at the bottom of the ESPN men's college basketball home page if you want to vote yourself.

Link: http://linky.com.au/7u7nm

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Years ago

A lot will change beween now and draft day.

Only guarantee is that Blake Griffin will go #1.

A lot of mocks don't necessarily take into consideration a team's needs so I wouldn;t read too much into it. However it reinforces he will either be a late 2nd round pick or early 2nd round at worst if he sticks with it.

I think he will be a late first rounder...

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Years ago

Already it is reported on the Herald-Sun website...

Link: http://linky.com.au/k2puv

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