Kevin Durant’s teammate Patty Mills on what makes him tick

Veteran guard Patty Mills will present extra assist for Kevin Durant and the powerhouse unit of the Brooklyn Nets. He surprisingly left the San Antonio Spurs to hitch the Nets within the offseason, signing a two-year, $12 million deal.

Mills will function the backup of Kyrie Irving and James Harden, offering instantaneous scoring punch off the bench in addition to backcourt composure.

The 33-year outdated Mills mentioned the acquainted faces within the Nets, together with normal supervisor Sean Marks and assistant coach Jacque Vaughn, who each performed for the Spurs, made his resolution to leap ship simpler. Being an enormous fan of Nets tactician Steve Nash additionally helped quite a bit. However the streaky guard identified that for him, it’s finally concerning the staff’s tradition (by way of New York Post).

“I’m a tradition man. That’s who I’m and what makes me tick. So to have the ability to dive in deep to the tradition of Brooklyn, and every thing that’s nice about that and what it has to supply was the following step.”

The Nets can certainly use an excellent locker room presence like Mills, who gained a title with the Spurs in 2014. With the famous person expertise round, plus the eccentric personalities of Durant, Irving, and James Harden, Mills might be a steadying issue.

“It’s by no means going to be a smooth-sailing ship. There’s going to be ups and downs, and one of the crucial essential issues to know is to not journey the highs too excessive and journey the lows too low. It’s a marathon. Should you attempt to regular the ship as you go, that’s the way you’ve acquired to go about it.”

Mills might be a straightforward favourite amongst Nets followers.