2000-01: Appeared in 15 games (eight starts), averaging 12.0 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 32.9 minutes...Missed the final 64 contests with an inflamed right ankle, with a DNP-CD in the previous contest...Final appearance of season was vs. Dallas (12/2)...Placed on the injured list on 12/12...Underwent surgery on 2/3 to remove bone spurs from the ankle...Shot 86.1% (31-36 FT) from the free throw line, eclipsing the 80-percent mark for the seventh consecutive season...One of 18 current NBA players to shoot 80 percent or above for seven straight seasons...Tied or led team in scoring twice, rebounds twice and steals once...Recorded double figures in rebounds twice...Recorded his only double-double with 12 points and a career-high 17 rebounds in a season-high 45 minutes vs.Chicago (11/21)...Season-high-tying 19 points vs. Phoenix (10/31) on opening night - which included the game-winning three-pointer with 4.7 seconds remaining in a 96-94 victory...Missed two games with a bruised lower back on 11/14 & 11/15.
Pro Career: Originally selected by Cleveland in first round of 1993 NBA Draft (#22 overall)...Signed free-agent contract with Boston on 8/22/97...Prior to playing for Celtics, traded to New York (10/22/97) with two future second-round draft picks for Walter McCarty, Dontaé Jones, John Thomas and Scott Brooks...Acquired by Golden State from New York(1/21/99), along with Terry Cummings and John Starks, in exchange for Latrell Sprewell...Ended the 2000-01 season averaging 12.0 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 32.8 minutes (481 regular-season games in eight seasons)...Has recorded 27 career double-doubles (allpoint/rebound)...Has eclipsed the 80-percent mark in free throw percentage in seven of his eight NBA seasons and has averaged double figure points in six seasons...In the last two seasons, has missed 128 games due to injury (62 games in 1999-2000 & 66 games with one DNP-CD in 2000-01) after never missing more than three games in any of his previous six seasons.
1999-00 (Golden State): Appeared in 20 games (11 starts), averaging a career-high 16.1 points, a career-high 6.2 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 32.5 minutes...Sidelined the final 54 games of the regular season after undergoing surgery to remove bone spurs from his right ankle on 12/29 (final appearance was at Portland on 12/23)...One of only 27 players toaverage at least 16.0 points and 6.0 rebounds...Scored season-high 24 points vs. Utah (12/4) with 10 rebounds...Tallied 20-plus points on seven occasions, including three consecutive games (20 at Atlanta 12/10, 23 at Minnesota 12/11, 23 at Miami 12/14)...Averaged 15.3 points and 6.9 rebounds in 11 starting assignments (averaged 17.1 points and 5.2 rebounds in nine games as a reserve)...Registered two double-doubles...Handed out a career-high eight assists at Vancouver (11/12)...Missed one game due to left Achilles tendinitis (11/24), four games (11/27 - 12/2) due to a sore left ankle and one game (12/8) due to a sprained left ankle. 1998-99 (Golden State): Appeared in 47 games, averaging 10.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 29.7 minutes...Season-high 23 points at Utah (4/29), one of three 20-plus point outings...Season-high 11 rebounds vs.Denver (4/15)...Logged team season-high 50 minutes vs. Portland (2/14).
1997-98 (New York): Appeared in 80 games, averaging 9.7 points and 5.1 rebounds in 27.3 minutes...Fourth consecutive season with 80 games played...Hit 23 consecutive free throws over 11 games and 22 straight over 13 games...Season-high 23 points vs. Boston (12/19)...Appeared in nine playoff games (two starts), averaging 4.9 points and 3.0 rebounds in 18.7minutes.
1996-97 (Cleveland): Appeared in 80 games (79 starts), finishing second on the team with 13.4 points, along with a career-high-tying 6.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 39.6 minutes...Led team in minutes played (3,167 - ninth in NBA) for third consecutive season...Topped 20 points in 16 games with 10-plus rebounds in 10 games.
1995-96 (Cleveland): Improved scoring average (15.1 points) for third straight year while averaging 5.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 38.3 minutes (14th in NBA)...Shot a career-high 46.8% (454-971 FG) from the field in 80 games (allstarts)...Finished second on team in scoring, topping the 20-point mark in20 games with three double-doubles...Career-high 30 points (11-14 FG, 2-23FG, 6-6 FT) vs. Boston (3/14).
1994-95 (Cleveland): Appeared in 80 games (79 starts), averaging 12.3 points and 4.6 rebounds in 35.2 minutes...Averaged 13.3 points on 20-of-37 (.541) shooting from the field in first round of playoffs vs. New York.
1993-94 (Cleveland): Appeared in 79 games (18 starts), averaging 9.4 points and 5.1 rebounds in 25.6 minutes during rookie campaign...Six double-figure rebound games...In three playoff games vs. Chicago, averaged 17.0 points (19-38 FG, 50.0%),7.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 37.3 minutes.
College: Averaged 16.5 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 126 collegiate games (all starts)...Played one season (freshman) at the University of Kentucky and three seasons at Arizona...Averaged 20.4 pointsand 7.9 rebounds as a senior at Arizona, en route to Pac-10 Player of the Year honors...Finished career as Arizona's fourth all-time leading scorer (1,619), despite only playing three years with the Wildcats...Named to SEC All-Freshman Team at Kentucky before transferring to Arizona.
Personal: Full name is Christopher Lemonte Mills...Earned bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona in sociology/communications...Owns and operates an auto accessories business in Los Angeles, which includes his personal elaborate collection of impressive automobiles...His company, 310 Motoring Inc., has customized many NBA and Hollywood stars, including several Warriors players, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant and Verne Troyer (mini-me of Austin Powers)...Magic Johnson was his boyhood hero...Active in local charity work, while also heading the Los Angeles based Chris Mills Foundation...Participated in the 2000-01 Warriors Basketball Campand the "Tall Tales" Reading Program...Cites Claude Mills, who raised Chris as a single father, as a major influence during his childhood in Los Angeles...Appeared in the 1994 film Blue Chips as a member of the Texas Western team...Has also appeared in the 1998 No Limit Films movie "The Game of Life" which starred Snoop Doggy Dogg.
