This month the Perth Wildcats announced former Director of Scouting at Philadelphia 76ers Danny Mills would join the team as General Manager of Basketball Operations.
Mills’ primary role will be to oversee the basketball department, with a particular focus on recruitment, talent identification and player pathway strategy and development.
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Mills was born and raised in Perth and played juniors for both Wanneroo Wolves and Willetton Tigers. He was an eight-time WA State Team representative, a Perth Wildcats training squad member in 2002-03 and played college basketball at Oregon Tech from 2004-07.
He joined the podcast to talk about his time with the 76ers during its “Trust the Process” era, thoughts on Ben Simmons and his future, plans for the Wildcats roster for this season and memories of his time as a player and being a lifelong Wildcats fan.
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Topics include;
- How the role was offered to Danny and what a general manager of basketball does (2:00)
- Danny’s experiences playing basketball as a junior, being a part of the AIS squad which included Andrew Bogut and his college career (4:00)
- Memories of the NBL growing up in Perth and being a huge Wildcats fan (9:00)
- How he was able to get a role as a scout with the Philadelphia 76ers and how that led to the role with the Perth Wildcats (13:00)
- Being a part of “The Process” in Philadelphia and what he learnt from it (15:00)
- Thoughts on Ben Simmons current situation (23:00)
- How Perth is different to every NBL team and what the team is focused on for future success (31:00)
- The background on signing new head coach Scott Morrison (36:00)
- Signing Vic Law (41:00)
- The Wildcats roster needs for this season and what he plans to focus on next (43:00)
- Thoughts on the next star program and is it something they intend to utilise this season? (51:00)
- What the Wildcats will do with their vacant third and import spot (56:00)
All of this and a whole lot more…
