Having just joined the Brooklyn Nets and brought home an Olympic medal for the Boomers, basketball star Patty Mills is at the peak of his powers. But as Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall discovered, his passion for his causes - especially his Torres Strait Island and Aboriginal heritage - runs deep. Roy Ward, a long time sports writer and hoops expert for The Age, first saw Mills on court at 18, and reflects on both his glittering career so far, and what it means for Australian basketball. 

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