NBA star Patty Mills and glamorous wife Alyssa expecting first child together – as they reveal gender of baby and hint at return to Australia

NBA star Patty Mills and his wife Alyssa are expecting their first child.

The couple, who have been married for nearly six years, announced the exciting baby news in a shared Instagram post with Sports Illustrated Swimsuit on Saturday.

‘Power couple @balapat and @missalyssa_michelle are gearing up to embark on their most exciting adventure together to date: parenthood,’ the post read.

The Australian basketball star, 36, who plays for the Los Angeles Clippers, and Alyssa, 34, an American swimwear designer, went on to reveal that they are having a little girl, who is due in August. 

The basketball star then posted a clip on his Instagram story of his wife showing off her growing baby bump as she danced to him playing songs behind the DJ booth.

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NBA star Patty Mills and his wife Alyssa are expecting their first child. Both pictured  

The basketball star then posted a clip on his Instagram story of his wife showing off her growing baby bump as she danced to him playing songs behind the DJ booth

The pregnancy announcement comes as speculation runs rife that the Brisbane Bullets are eyeing up Patty’s return to Australia for the 2025-2026 season. 

A homecoming could potentially be on the cards considering the Aussie sportsman’s outlook on becoming a dad.

The five-time Olympian, who is of Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander descent, revealed in an interview with Sports Illustrated that he and his wife would like their little girl to have the same cultural upbringing that he had.

‘Everything that I got taught as a young boy growing up in the Torres Strait, whether it was dancing or songs or making stuff in the kitchen, Alyssa has been taught by all the aunties, has been handed down to her,’ he told the publication.

‘An island way of life is very much a part of her life now.

‘We’re gonna raise our daughter [in] the same way,’ he said, adding that it was the ‘coolest’ part of their journey to becoming a family. 

His mother Yvonne was a part of the Stolen Generations and Mills is a strong anti-racism advocate. 

With Patty’s hopes of bringing up his daughter immersed in his culture, Aussie fans are taking the news as a hint that the basketball champ could be returning home very soon.

The five-time Olympian (right), who is of Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander descent, revealed in an interview with Sports Illustrated that he and his wife (left) would like their little girl to have the same cultural upbringing that he had 

With Patty’s hopes of bringing up his daughter immersed in his culture, Aussie fans are taking the news as a hint that the basketball champ could be returning home very soon

Alyssa is from North Carolina and played college basketball herself, having met Mills while they were both studying at St. Mary’s College in California. 

However, with his wife being a California local these days, it could be anyone’s guess where Patty will choose to raise his family, and subsequently, where he will continue his basketball career.

It was revealed in 2021 that Patty has quietly been donating huge portions of his NBA salary to struggling indigenous communities across the country.

The athlete, who has become a vocal activist for a number of causes, has been putting his money where his mouth is, donating the $1.5million he earned from participating in the NBA’s pandemic bubble in 2020 to social justice bodies.

Some of these include Black Lives Matter Australia, The We Got You campaign and Black Deaths in Custody.

‘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,’ Mills said last year.