Phil Jackson is currently vacationing in Australia with Luc Longley and was asked via an e-mail about any possible scenario in which he would return to the Lakers, Jackson said: "[I am] mulling that over in my mind. Luc and I are going for a swim this p.m. [in the] Indian Ocean."
Kobe Bryant has already indicated that he would agree to it, if Jackson decided that he would like to return to the Lakers.
The sources said Buss told Bryant that Jackson's hiring would reduce the pressure on the Laker star since the departure of Jackson and center Shaquille O'Neal, who was traded in July to the Miami Heat.
The sources also said that Buss contemplated telling Bryant that the one person most irritated by the rehiring of Jackson would be O'Neal, who has referred to the Laker franchise only in very negative terms since being traded.