[1] El Camino Real High School basketball coach, Mike McNulty said of Chris Mills, "He's one of the three best players ever to come out of Los Angeles—he's gotta be right there with John Williams and Marques Johnson."

Mills also had several problems with his health in his late career and was not a stellar athlete, ultimately being a solid back-up off the bench.

[citation needed] In 1999, in a game against the Dallas Mavericks, after a jump ball, Mills attempted to make a basket, but on the wrong side of the court.

[4] Mills recorded a rap single entitled "Sumptin' to Groove To," along with several NBA players such as Jason Kidd, Cedric Ceballos and J.R. Rider on the album B-Ball's Best Kept Secret released in 1994.

As well as a role in the 1998 movie Da Game of Life, as a basketball player named Scooter.