I like that he's getting lots of attention for nbl, although I think he should work with the nbl staff to get things going and not try to be the hero by undermining the people running the league and tell everyone how bad a job they are doing.

Love the passion but focus it in to bringing the league back to the heights it was once at.

They are doing a good job in many areas but still not in others , have mentioned Brissy is being handled rather poorly abd disjointedly

Trevor - he has intimated numerous times - mainly via his retweets, that the league management is crap and makes no efforts to get coverage with the underlying tone being that the NBL sucks. Unfortunately its not as easy as just saying 'do more marketing' where does the money come from to pay for this marketing?

Yes I agree its great to see his passion and love of social media to raise the profile but I feel there needs to be a more focussed effort in conjunction with both his club and the NBL as a whole. It would be interesting if the Tigers as a club already had a cheersquad organised for the coming season and now Mills has promoted and recruited his own 'Army' thus relegating any efforts by the Tigers thus far to the scrap heap? And pray tell what happens when the NBA lockout ends and he goes back to Portland, will all these 'fans' who have openly said they have never had an interest in the NBL to date but want to be involved in Mills' cheersquad still come out to the games or will they walk away again once their chance to be involved with an NBA player is gone?

Also comments yesterday about how noone knows about the pre season blitz, surely rather than talk down to the league for a lack of coverage he could have simply used his twitter profile to promote the tournament? Or if he was desparate to have a dig at someone maybe turn his attention to the myriad of media outlets who profess to be all about sport but hadnt given the tournament a single piece of coverage.

anon - BS. all he's been saying is that there is no marketing/advertising, hardly a bombshell, we all know that so what is your problem with him saying it? clearly he's not saying the NBL is crap, what would be the point in that WHEN HE IS HERE TO HELP TO NBL

If we all know it then why say it? Would it not be more beneficial to the NBL to use his profile to talk up the things about the league that are good and encourange people to come along? Or is it simply easier to fuel ones ego by telling everyone how poor the league is in certain areas and then set out to be a one man saviour and constantly retweet his supporters saying how great it is that he is here to save the league?

Unfortunately unless he and Bogut are willing to work WITH their chosen club and the league as a whole then I see this as being a missed opportunity.

Right, true, twitter is a great power

the nbl doesn't handle feedback or constructive criticism well, they handle it childishly and immaturely. heres hoping that with Mills feedback they find the incentive they need to improve themselves instead of shooting the messenger so that we can all be happier in the end

isaac if I said I would be getting some people from the Brissy comittee in trouble. i wish i could say more i really do. its been incredibly frustrating for some of them some have walked away a few have stayed to fight on and had to go it alone against their own team seperate to the control freaks. i want to say more but I cant. the nbl have their heads up the wrong peoples arses they will see that in time.

i think what brissy are facing and doing it all from scratch goes well past the realms of nbl just taking on feedback but the support logistics etc etc they need to tap into. there are so many things not coming together the things they have to sort out are just huge and some doing it all plus around their day jobs. its just wrong wrong wrong

So what would be better for the league -

"Looking forward to playing in the pre season tourny in Brisbane/Gold Coast next week! Everyone who can get on board!"

OR

"does anyone even know there is a pre season on next week"
followed by retweets of various followers saying how they didnt even know the NBL had a pre season


Not saying criticism isnt warranted, just why put down the league in such a public way when he could be doing his bit to talk up the product to his many followers. Sure - get stuck into the Tigers and the league as a whole when he has a chance to meet with them. Talk to the club about how he can help garner support for a Tigers Billboard or advertising on a tram, Im sure the clubs would love some leads to help get extra sponsorship!
Just dont see why he has to take the easy way out of talking down the league in such a public way when he is clearly passionate about it, if he wasnt he wouldnt be playing here!

i agree mick. its from feedback like any other organization that positive change occurs.
they cannot just take it from inside the nbl they have to take it from people who are dealing with struggles from dealing with them. the same as any other company. that is how they will get credible not by shutting feedback out. if they cant keep the people who are trying to deal with them inspired then what hope do they have to get credible in the outside world at large ?

anon i think mills didnt do it that way because he didnt want the nbl to rest on their laurels or something ? just throwing some ideas around as to why he said it the way he did. but they should be doing more and playing less politics with those they have to rely back and forth on to meet their business needs. I know that much is true.

there are still a lot of people in brissy who dont know about it either maybe due to having grown accustomed to no basketball in their city ?