September 30, 2022
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General Manager of Basketball Operations for the Perth Wildcats Danny Mills joins the podcast to provide some insights into the hirings and firings made by the Perth Wildcats this season.

The team added Corey Webster and imports Brady Manek and TaShawn Thomas while saying goodbye to Vic Law and Michael Frazier. Danny provides clarity on what motivated the Wildcats to make each roster change and how he expects it to improve the team.

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Mills also gives his thoughts on the Wildcats missing the NBL playoffs for the first time in 35 years and what impact that had on Perth and the team behind the scenes.

Lastly, host Dan Boyce also gets his thoughts on how the NBL has changed this season, NBL teams facing NBA and Euroleague teams in the future and how Perth will collaborate with the Cleveland Cavaliers on the development of Luke Travers this season.

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Podcast topics include;

Winning the silver medal in 3×3 competition at Commonwealth Games (2:00)
Heading into season 15 and what he’s been able to achieve during this career to date (4:00)
Thoughts on the 36ers new look roster for 2022-23 (6:00)
Mental health, balancing basketball and life and the Kings forfeiting the championship in 2020 (12:00)
His pathway to the NBL (11:00)
His rookie season with the Melbourne Tigers (15:00)
Moving to Adelaide and his time with the 36ers so far (20:00)
His relationship with former coach Joey Wright and his most productive season in the NBL (23:00)
A missed opportunity for a championship in 2018 (28:00)
Finally making it onto a Boomers squad in 2019 and Daniel’s thoughts on what kept him off the Australian team for the majority of his career (33:00)
The biggest highlights and learning moments of his career (36:00)

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