Nearly half of the Minnesota Timberwolves' roster privately expressed concerns about Sam Mitchell.

The concerns are Mitchell's "outdated offensive system, his tendency to platoon his rotations and a lack of personal accountability for the struggles."

Kevin Garnett was asked about the criticism Mitchell has received and he declined to comment, passing on a chance to defend his former teammate.

Mitchell said he can't be concerned with his job status.

"It's bigger than me. And I learned that a long time ago," Mitchell said. "It may turn out that I'm here to see it (through). But it may turn out I'm not. The people in this league know there's a certain way we have to do this."

The Wolves recently came out of a 1-13 stretch.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have no intention of reaching out to David Blatt about joining their coaching staff.

Blatt initially expected to work with Andrew Wiggins with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Blatt was fired last week by the Cavaliers.

LeBron James believes Andrew Wiggins will benefit from the Cleveland Cavaliers decision to trade him for Kevin Love in 2014.

“I think the best thing about it is he’s getting an opportunity. He doesn’t have to wait in the shadows for anybody,” James told Yahoo. “He’s getting the opportunity to play and show everybody what he’s able to do, and it’s tough because the West has been so thick the [last] few years; there’s not a lot of room to win a bunch of a games. But I think for him, the sky could be the limit.”

James also explained why he omitted Wiggins from his Sports Illustrated letter.

"I didn't know the kid, really," James told Yahoo Sports. "I knew Dion (Waiters). I knew Kyrie (Irving). I knew Tristan (Thompson). I knew all the guys that I was playing with before. I didn't know the kid, so it wasn't no big issue to me."

Kristaps Porzingis and Karl-Anthony Towns have been named the NBA's Rookies of the Month for December.

Porzingis and Towns also won the award for November.

Towns had a PER of 23.4 in December, while Porzingis came in at 17.5.

Towns averaged 18.6 points, 9.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.6 blocks in 30.5 minutes per game. 

Porzingis averaged 12.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 2.2 blocks in 26.4 minutes per game.

Ricky Rubio has the best net rating in the NBA amongst players on teams with a sub-.500 record.

Rubio has a net rating of +2.2.

Jared Dudley (1.7), Omri Casspi (0.8), Al-Farouq Aminu (0.7), Kristaps Porzingis (0.7), C.J. McCollum (0.6), Dwight Howard (0.3), Rodney Hood (0.1) and Patrick Beverley (0.1).