Sam Mitchell, who was fired by the Raptors on Dec. 4th, still wants to coach in the NBA and is adjusting to life off the court.

"It's tough," Mitchell said. "It's the first time in 22 years I'm not working. I've always had a job in basketball. It's a tough experience to go through being fired, but it happens. So you've got a choice, to sit around and say how tough it is or to move on with your life and do some positive things."

Mitchell played several seasons with the Timberwolves, but knows a lot will have to happen in order for an opportunity to arise in Minnesota.

"First of all, a whole lot of things would have to happen for me to entertain answering that question," he said. "Kevin McHale is the coach and that's going to be Kevin McHale's and Glen Taylor's decision. It has nothing to do with Sam Mitchell. I'm not going to sit here and try to speculate on what's going to happen because I don't know. If for whatever reason something like that happened, then it would an appropriate time for me to think about it and, if they were interested, talk to them about it. But right now it's not even worth talking about because you have to assume and figure that Kevin McHale's the coach. He's going to be the coach until something different happens."