{"id":651187,"date":"2026-05-05T13:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/651187\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T13:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:37:16","slug":"wildcats-set-to-make-mills-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/651187\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildcats set to make Mills offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The noise around five-time Olympian Patty Mills potentially returning to the NBL has been getting louder in recent weeks, with one team in particular ready to make a play for the NBA champion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.codesports.com.au\/basketball\/revealed-perth-weighing-up-major-patty-mills-move-as-bullets-talks-stall\/news-story\/23f3d638b670d9fc578d113a1f6ebf42?using_ew=false&amp;using_ew_noesi=false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CODE Sports<\/a> reported on Tuesday that the \u2018Perth Wildcats are preparing to make a play\u2019 for Mills, saying:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCODE Sports can reveal the Wildcats will attempt to sign Mills as the club\u2019s marquee man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough signing the champion guard won\u2019t be easy, the club plans to submit an offer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is believed the veteran guard wanted a guarantee regarding members of his team travelling with the NBL side while also requiring specific accommodation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old is currently playing in Spain for La Laguna Tenerife, averaging over 17 points in six games.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s Olgun Uluc has previously reported on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FZFE6Z1CZ0Y&amp;t=3s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Marketplace, presented by Paywise<\/a>, that Mills had become open to a return to the NBL for the first time in a while, with the appeal of being close to friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>While the Wildcats continue their pursuit of Mills, CODE Sports also revealed that the previous links to the Brisbane Bullets \u2018appear to have stalled\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s understood that the Bullets and Mills\u2019 representatives had engaged in conversation about returning to the NBL, but these discussions have since tapered off.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story here &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codesports.com.au\/basketball\/revealed-perth-weighing-up-major-patty-mills-move-as-bullets-talks-stall\/news-story\/23f3d638b670d9fc578d113a1f6ebf42?using_ew=false&amp;using_ew_noesi=false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Perth weighing up major Patty Mills move as Bullets talks stall<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777988236_256_69d47a153353ed2bdf7cd807_Article Banner_1920x250 (1).jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The noise around five-time Olympian Patty Mills potentially returning to the NBL has been getting louder in recent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-651187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}