Despite having a chance to win a 10th NBA championship in this year's playoffs as a coach, Lakers head coach Phil Jackson is still without a contract for next season.

However, while their is speculation that Phil Jackson will be let go in an effort to keep Bryant, his girlfriend and daughter of Lakers owner Jerry Buss, Jeanie Buss believes that a new contract can be worked out.

"Buss says that she is "optimistic" that a new contract can be reached between Jackson and the Lakers. She's aware that Jackson went through his final two championship seasons in Chicago without a new contract in place. That doesn't do anything for her."

"This is all new for me," she said. "I, of course, being a woman, want to know what the future is. And it's not in my control. So I just have to accept things will hopefully work out."