The NBA announced their monthly awards this afternoon, and the Minnesota Timberwolves continued their complete domination of the Western Conference Rookie of the Month award. After Andrew Wiggins won the award four times last season (October/November, December, January, February), Karl-Anthony Towns has received his first award.
The Timberwolves have now had at least one Rookie of the Month winner in four of the last five seasons (Towns, Wiggins, Gorgui Dieng in March 2014, and Ricky Rubio in January 2012), only being completely shut out in 2012-13 by Damian Lillard of Portland.