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NBA star Patty Mills donates over Rs 7 crore to social justice cause

Patty Mills who helped the Spurs capture the 2014 NBA crown, said in a social media video his salary for the clubs eight scheduled games in the COVID-19 protected Orlando bubble will go to Black Lives Matter groups

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San Antonio Spurs guard Patty Mills said Wednesday he will donate his salary from eight upcoming NBA games -- more than $1 million -- to social justice organizations in his homeland. The 31-year-old Australian standout, who helped the Spurs capture the 2014 NBA crown, said in a social media video his salary for the club's eight scheduled games in the COVID-19 protected Orlando bubble will go to Black Lives Matter groups.

"I've made the decision to go to Orlando," Mills said. "And I'm proud to say that I'm taking every cent earned from these eight games that we're playing -- which for me will turn out to be $1,017,818.54 -- and donating that directly back to the Black Lives Matter Australia, Black Deaths in Custody and to a recent campaign that's called 'We Got You' dedicated to ending racism in sport in Australia."

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