Mills weighs in on nasty Bogut-Cambage Twitter war
The Andrew Bogut-Liz Cambage Twitter war has moved into its second straight day, with Patty Mills now getting involved.
A series of online barbs have been exchanged between Bogut and Cambage, after the Opals centre responded to an Instagram photo about the Boomers centre centre with the comment "he is so foul".
DJ Cambage in the house!!!! pic.twitter.com/WyAlLKt5Zo
— Andrew Bogut (@andrewbogut) May 24, 2017
Three hours later, the man who broke his leg just seconds into his time with the Cavaliers this year started throwing shade at Cambage, with a tweet captioned "DJ Cambage in the house!!"
That became an ongoing jibe from Bogut, referring to Cambage's recent appearances as a DJ at festivals and concerts.
From there, other Aussie b'ball stars began watching the online war with great interest as the rival pair continued to exchange subtle but nasty tweets.
@andrewbogut pic.twitter.com/zaGz3O7KQ3
— Chris Goulding (@ChrisGoulding43) May 24, 2017
@ChrisGoulding43 @andrewbogut 👀🍿
— Joe Ingles (@Joeingles7) May 24, 2017
But now the usually reserved Boomers point guard Patty Mills has become involved after seeing this particularly vicious tweet about his Aussie teammate.
never be that sad washed up athlete tweeting negative BS in his 30s. never.
— Elizabeth Cambage (@ecambage) May 24, 2017
Washed up??? This is honestly unbelievable! Day 2??? My popcorn doesn't even taste good anymore...
— Patrick Mills (@Patty_Mills) May 25, 2017
Bro...I'm changing theatres. I think The Notebook is playing in cinema 8. Refilling my extra large slushy on the way. https://t.co/dL9zxAIX3y
— Patrick Mills (@Patty_Mills) May 25, 2017
The tension between Bogut and Cambage has been ongoing since at least the Rio Olympics, when they were embroiled in a similar Twitter war.
On that occasion Bogut ripped into Cambage over her decision to skip an Opals training session to attend a music festival.
Cambage recently hit the headlines after announcing she will play in the WNBL for the first time in five years after signing with the Melbourne Boomers.
Fox Sports announced a three-year agreement to broadcast the WNBL, which had been cast adrift by the ABC in 2016.
The return of Cambage, Australia's biggest women's basketball star, will elevate the competition further.
The 25-year-old has spent the last five years playing her club basketball in China and the United States.
She won the 2010/11 WNBL Most Valuable Player award and the WNBL title with the club, then known as the Bulleen Boomers, as a 19-year-old.
She said her sights were set on another WNBL title and a place in the Opals team for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games next year.
"I am so excited to be playing in front of my home town after so many years competing overseas," she said.
"I have such wonderful memories at the club and we have high hopes as a team of replicating that again."