Spurs' forward Robert Horry has not yet decided whether he is going to retire or play on next season, according to a report by the Associated Press.

"Right now I'm up in the air," Horry said. "That's all I can really tell you, up in the air. I want to play, 80% of me wants to play, and I'm sure as soon as I get in the gym and see people bouncing the ball it would turn into 100%. So we'll just have to wait and see what happens."

According to a report by K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune, Bulls' GM John Paxson plans on talking with a veteran coach whom nobody has identified that would be surprising.

Many believe that Doug Collins will be named as the new coach of the Chicago Bulls, but Paxson appears to still be interviewing other candidates, showing that the decision is not yet set in stone.

The same person who spoke with Johnson about the unnamed veteran candidate emphasized Paxson hasn't yet recommended to team Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf that negotiations should begin with Collins, the point the Bulls reached with Mike D'Antoni before he spurned them for the Knicks' job.

Paxson and team chairman Jerry Reinsdorf were said to be unhappy that their talks with Collins became public while several league executives believe that Derrick Rose will be a lock for the top pick if Collins does land the team's coaching job.

Spurs' forward Manu Ginobili expects to be healthy in time for Argentina's run for gold at the Beijing Olympics, the Associated Press is reporting.

Ginobili hurt his left ankle early in the playoffs, and it hampered him in the Western Conference finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. After averaging 18.2 and 21.3 points in the first two series against Phoenix and New Orleans, Ginobili's output fell to 12.6 points.

"Yesterday I got an injection to get the swelling off of the joint, and they told me that in a week, 10 days I'll be totally fine," Ginobili said. "So I trust them, and I think I'm going to be perfectly healed."

Doug Collins and the Chicago Bulls have made no announcement regarding his status as the next head coach of the team, according to The Associated Press.

Collins coached the Bulls before they began their dynasty in the 1990s and worked as an analyst for TNT this season.

He acknowledged Thursday after the Lakers won the Western Conference Title that he was in discussions with GM John Paxson.

However, Collins did say, "I have not been offered. I have not accepted."

Collins has a 332-287 record over his coaching career.

Terry Porter is expected to be interviewed by the Suns for a second time later next week, according to The Associated Press.

Porter worked as an assistant coach for the Pistons this season, and the team was eliminated in Game Six of the Eastern Conference Finals by the Celtics on Friday night.

He was the lead assistant for Flip Saunders during the past two seasons and coached the Bucks from 2003-2005.

General Manager Steve Kerr played with Porter during their active playing days and has been looking for a head coach ever since Mike D'Antoni bolted for New York.

It is unclear if the new Knick regime will try to trade Stephon Marbury this off-season.  And if the team does move Marbury, it is not certain how much (i.e., how long) of a salary burden they would take back in such a deal.  Marbury has big dollars remaining on the final year of his monstrous contract.

But it does seem clear that Donnie Walsh will not tolerate another year of distractions.  

"Well, I know one thing," Walsh said. "Mike's not going to be the problem. Let's put it that way."

The personality of Marbury, the Brooklyn-born point guard, has dominated the organization since he arrived.  And that has not always been a good thing.  The on-court results have been disastrous since Marbury returned to play for his hometown Knicks.

Walsh wants to see leaders emerge who can help the Knicks progress, a presence the team has sorely lacked in recent years.

"The players should be policing their own team," Walsh said. "And if they can't do it, then Mike will do it or I'll do it with him."

Marbury says he is working hard to prepare for next season.

Pistons' insiders told ESPN.com that there is a 50-50 chance that Flip Saunders will return to coach the team next season, according to Chris Sheridan.

Saunders has coached Detroit for the last three years and is entering the final year of his contract.

After the Pistons made consecutive trips to the Finals, Saunders has now failed in three-straight appearances in the Eastern Conference Finals.

He now holds the record for most Conference Finals games coached (24) without making a trip to the Finals.

Gary Moore, the personal assistant for Allen Iverson, said Friday that the Nuggets "seem to be very willing" to offer the guard a multiyear contract, according to The Rocky Mountain News.

The team would reportedly offer Iverson the new deal if he were to opt out of his current deal by the June 20 deadline.

"We want to finish our career in Denver, but we have no decision on (whether Iverson will opt out)," said Moore, who added that a decision by Iverson won't be made until close to the June 20 deadline.

He is owed $20.84 million next season, and most don't believe that he will opt out unless the Nuggets offer him a longer-term deal.

Rasheed Wallace has a rather grim look about the state of the Pistons after their Game Six loss to the Celtics on Friday night, according to The Detroit News.

"That's the end, man," Wallace said.

The elimination could be the end of Flip Saunders' coaching tenure and the end of Lindsay Hunter's playing career.

Wallace also has just one year left on his deal.

"You could say it's a lot of things, but like I told the guys, at the end of the day, when we lose, we all look bad," Richard Hamilton said. "We all look bad. We know what it takes to win, and when we don't do it, it's on us."

Shortly after being eliminated by the Celtics in six games, Pistons guard Chauncey Billups has given credit where credit is due, according to The Detroit Free Press.

"I give credit where credit is due," Billups said. "That team is good. They?re locked in, they?re focused. From the coaches to the players to the bench, they?re together, man. That?s why you see them playing the way they played all season, and beating us in this series."

Billups is particularly happy for good friend Kevin Garnett, who will make his first Finals appearance next week.

"I told him, ?Man, (you?ve) been waiting a long time - waiting a long time for this,? " Billups said. "He deserved it, and I?m pulling for him."