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Australian basketball great Patty Mills may have been cruelly cut from the NBA just months out from the Olympics, but he has received praise of the highest order from one of the game's best players.
Mills was waived by the Atlanta Hawks a day before the NBA’s March 1 buyout deadline, leaving him free to play for another NBA club but left without a club at a crucial time ahead of the Paris Games.
However he has received a glowing endorsement from Team USA superstar Kevin Durant, his former teammate at Brooklyn, who he will lock horns with in Paris.
When asked what impact Mills had on both the NBA and the international game earlier this week, Durant replied: 'Just a flat out legend for the Boomers'.
'He has been a constant for that program since I've been in the league.
'They play with such a toughness and you know that comes from their best player which is Patty.'
Mills and Durant have played with and against each other on a number of occasions and the Team USA champion has great respect for the Aussie
Mills in action for the Boomers and sharing a moment with Durant during the medal ceremony at the Tokyo Olympics
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