He’s very much the same Sam Mitchell as he ever was personally, jocular and talkative and fun to be around because the conversation is always a bit light with some jabbing and sparring in a good-natured way.
But now in his second go-around as an NBA head coach — a job he ascended to the most difficult of circumstances — there are subtle ways that the winningest coach in Raptors history is a just a bit different professionally.
“I think one thing is I delegate more, I use my staff more,” Mitchell said Sunday after putting his Minnesota Timberwolves through a two-hour workout at the Air Canada Centre, a day before facing the Raptors in a pre-season game.