Australian NBA player Patty Mills will donate every cent he earns in the league's resuming season to social justice causes
Australian NBA star Patty Mills will donate every cent he earns - which will total almost $A1.5 in the league's resuming season to social justice causes.Australian NBA star Patty Mills has been a vocal social justice advocate.
"So I'm playing in Orlando because I don't want to leave any money on the table that could be going directly to Black communities," he said. "For the first time in my career, I have white people - teammates, old teammates, old coaches - telling me they never knew the level of racism that exists in sport, especially in Australia," he said.
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