{"id":90444,"date":"2024-08-14T11:02:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T15:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=90444"},"modified":"2024-08-14T11:13:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T15:13:22","slug":"utah-jazz-are-reportedly-signing-former-nba-champion-patty-mills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/14\/utah-jazz-are-reportedly-signing-former-nba-champion-patty-mills\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Jazz Are Reportedly Signing Former NBA Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A little over a week after his Australian team lost to Serbia in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/07\/australian-boomers-legend-patty-mills-expected-to-retire-after-olympic-elimination\/\" target=\"_self\">the 2024 Paris Olympics<\/a>, veteran guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/millspa02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-14_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patty Mills<\/a> has reportedly found a new home in the NBA. According to ESPN&#8217;s Adrian Wojnarowski, Mills has signed a one-year, $3.3 million deal with the Utah Jazz. As Wojnarowski mentioned in a post on X, this move will reunite Mills with head coach Will Hardy. Hardy and Mills spent time together with the San Antonio Spurs from 2015 to 2021.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Free agent guard Patty Mills has agreed on a one-year, $3.3 million deal with the Utah Jazz, sources tell ESPN. Mills will reunite with coach Will Hardy for his 16th NBA season on a fully guaranteed deal. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n479XigF6s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/n479XigF6s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1823721396905894371?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Last season, the 36-year-old spent time with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/09\/warriors-hawks-breakout-stars-looking-for-max-extension\/\" target=\"_self\">Atlanta Hawks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/13\/1-question-for-each-miami-heat-rookie\/\" target=\"_self\">Miami Heat<\/a>. In 32 total games played, Mills averaged 4 points, 1.1 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his 15-year career, Mills has also spent time with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/05\/jerami-grant-not-seeking-portland-trail-blazers-trade\/\" target=\"_self\">Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/08\/dennis-schroder-wants-to-stay-with-brooklyn-nets\/\" target=\"_self\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a>. In 2014, Mills won his first career NBA title with the Spurs. En route to a five-game series victory against the Heat, Mills averaged 10.2 points, 1.4 rebounds, and 1.6 assists off the bench. Additionally, he shot 54.3% from the floor and 56.5% from beyond the arc in the series.<\/p>\n<h2>Utah Jazz Are Reportedly Signing Former NBA Champion<\/h2>\n<h3>What Patty Mills Brings to Utah<\/h3>\n<p>At this stage of his career, Mills is more of a locker room presence than an on-court contributor. However, if he does crack the rotation, Mills is still an excellent shooter. Additionally, he can provide a scoring boost off the bench. He will likely get some minutes with the Jazz. However, it is clear that his main role will be to mentor some of the young guards on the team. Most notably, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/georgke01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-14_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keyonte George<\/a> will likely benefit the most from Mills&#8217; arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Mills has championship experience, which is always valuable to any NBA team. Outside of Mills, only the recently-signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mykhasv01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-14_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Svi Mykhailiuk<\/a> has a championship ring on the team. While the Jazz are unlikely to contend for an NBA championship this season, they have been on the playoff bubble each of the last two seasons. To get over the hump and make the playoffs for the first time since 2022, adding somebody like Mills could pay dividends all season.<\/p>\n<h3>The Last Word on Patty Mills<\/h3>\n<p>Mills is a long-time NBA veteran whose best years in the league are clearly behind him. However, he was impressive during the 2024 Paris Olympics and can still offer a lot to a team like the Jazz. Utah has made a flurry of moves since they officially extended star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/markkla01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-14_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lauri Markkanen<\/a> to a long-term contract. In addition to adding Mills and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/09\/utah-jazz-are-reportedly-signing-boston-celtics-champion-svi-mykhailiuk\/\" target=\"_self\">Mykhailiuk<\/a> to the team, Utah has signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/juzanjo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-14_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johnny Juzang<\/a> to a four-year deal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/saneba01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-14_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Babacar Sane<\/a> to a training camp deal, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/tshieos01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-14_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oscar Tshiebwe<\/a> to a two-way contract. With just a few months left until the beginning of the 2024-25 season, it will be worth monitoring Utah&#8217;s activity for the rest of the offseason this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little over a week after his Australian team lost to Serbia in the 2024 Paris Olympics, veteran guard Patty Mills has reportedly found a new home in the NBA. According to ESPN&#8217;s Adrian Wojnarowski, Mills has signed a one-year, $3.3 million deal with the Utah Jazz. As Wojnarowski mentioned in a post on X, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":69138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,2,62,3,24],"tags":[4255,4665,926,4486,1022,4927],"class_list":["post-90444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-featured","category-nba","category-news","category-jazz","tag-johnny-juzang","tag-keyonte-george","tag-lauri-markkanen","tag-oscar-tshiebwe","tag-patty-mills","tag-svi-mykhailiuk"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}