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Minnesota Rook Karl-Anthony Towns talks about learning from future Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett and playing alongside fellow No. 1 overall pick Andrew Wiggins."You don't get to sleepwalk your way through 20-25 minutes of the game,'' Mitchell was explaining on Friday, "and then decide you've got to play.''

The difficulties of rebuilding around young stars was illustrated earlier this season by Los Angeles Lakers coach Byron Scott, when he demoted rookie guard D'Angelo Russell and second-year forward Julius Randle to the bench. The public backlash implied that Scott had committed insubordination -- as if he was sabotaging his team's plan to invest in the future. From Scott's perspective, he was coaching his potential stars constructively by forcing them to earn their minutes. He was insisting that they play with urgency and ambition and a sense of purpose.

Since Russell, 20, was moved back into the starting lineup after the All-Star break, he has averaged 19.9 points and 5.0 assists per game. On Sunday Russell contributed 21 points, five assists and four steals to the Lakers' 112-95 upset of the Golden State Warriors.

The job description in Minnesota is even more complicated. Rubio, at 25, is the Timberwolves' most seasoned starter. Their top six scorers began this season with 10 years of NBA experience -- three fewer than Tayshaun Prince, their 36-year-old teammate."The guys that didn't play in the second half, after we pulled them out, hopefully they understand that there's two sides on the court,'' said Mitchell of his young Timberwolves on Friday. "You have to play both sides.''nba2kah.com excellent service standard: We have a professional team providing an outstanding online customer service for players 24hours a day for NBA 2K16 MT, seven days a week. No matter the quantity you ordered, we always provide the most perfect service to players buy NBA 2K16 Coins.

"They've got to go to B, C, D, E,'' Mitchell said. "And then once they get to E, now they can skip some levels. But the media and the fans want them to start at A, and then to be at F, and then be at Z. Where we in basketball understand first they've got to go to B-C-D-E, and then after they get the basics, their talent is going to dictate them skipping some of those other steps.''