It came off of a career - year and a monster performance on the way to the Spurs ' fifth NBA Championship .
It seemed like Mills was due for a relatively big payday -- one possibly big enough for the Spurs to let him go .
Coming off of a career - year and a monster performance on the way to the Spurs ' fifth NBA Championship , it seemed like Mills was due for a relatively big payday -- one possibly big enough for the Spurs to let him go .