As the Minnesota Timberwolves consider the future of All-Star forward Kevin Love, Sam Mitchell has emerged as a serious candidate for the franchise's head coaching job, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Mitchell left a good impression with Wolves president Flip Saunders in a recent meeting and has moved himself into consideration for the job, league sources said. Beyond the coaching search, the Wolves are under pressure to start considering trade scenarios for Love, who's anxious to exercise his early termination option (ETO) in the summer of 2015 and leave as a free agent, league sources said. "For the first time, [Saunders] sounds like looking at deals for [Love] is an option," one rival executive told Yahoo Sports. See more at http://sports.yahoo.com/news/source...in-love-s-future-undecided-074004019-nba.html
