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Report: 76ers Will Pursue Spurs G Patty Mills

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The 76ers are seeking a veteran guard, who can knock down three's. Spurs guard Patty Mills fits the bill.

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According to 97.3 ESPN's Michael K-B, the Sixers will pursue Mills this offseason.

Mills, 28, is set to become an unrestricted free-agent. Last season, his eighth in the NBA, Mills shot 41.3-percent from downtown on a career-high 4.5 attempts per game. For his career, Mills -- who spent the majority of his career as a backup to Tony Parker -- is a 39.5-percent three-point shooter.

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Sixers head coach Brett Brown was the Spurs' director of player development and an assistant coach until August of 2013. Mills, a 2009 second round pick of the Portland Trail Blazers, joined the Spurs in March of 2012.

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