The vast majority of NBA players will never make an All-Star game or be the number one option on a team. The key to a long career for most of the league is finding a role that they excel in and owning it. There aren’t many players in the league who do that better than San Antonio Spurs bench gunner, Patty Mills.
In his ninth year with the Spurs, Mills set some career-high marks, climbed further up the Spurs all-time leader boards, and continued to fill his role as the emotional center of the team.
Coming into this season we knew that Mills would likely be in line for a smaller role than he had in previous years.