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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Neither man was happy.Portland swingman Rudy Fernandez wanted to be back in his homeland of Spain, to be closer to his family while landing with a team that might appreciate his services more than his current club. Australian teammate Patty Mills was homesick, too, some 10,000 miles away from his country and without any NBA playing time to show for it.
Misery loves company, international style.
"We've been hanging out a lot and doing stuff, just trying to keep (Fernandez's) mind off things; we enjoy each other's company," Mills told FanHouse this week. "I think it'd be much harder if he was here by himself or I was here by myself. I'm just trying to be with him and have fun, help him out which ever way I can."
And as anyone in the Lake Oswego area knows, Mills and Fernandez are hardly miserable all of the time.
When they're not bowling or channel-surfing at Mills' apartment, they're taking their singing talents to the local bar for some good, old-fashioned karaoke. It's a scene that is begging for a Twitvid (both players are active Twitter users), with no musical genre off limits and certainly no attempt to hide their thick accents.
"We love doing that," Mills said with a proud laugh. "He's gotten me into Spanish songs. I'm about to download them on my iPod. There's no shame in my game. I'm out there doing it, and he has that flair, just being the typical Spanish guy who everyone loves."
Neither player loves their current plight, of course.
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