Phil Jackson's agent Todd Musburger told the LA Times that the odds of his client returning to coach the Lakers are very reasonable.

"I guess it's a 50-50 deal," Musburger said. "He could come back and he could not come back. I look at it as a fairly equal scale at this point."

Other possible coaches for the position are Flip Saunders and Larry Brown.

"I don't think you're going to hear anything about Phil's next step in the NBA, if there is a next step in the NBA, until a new champion is crowned," Musburger said. "I don't think Phil is going to accelerate the pace of any discussions. He has obligations that are non-NBA related. As it turns out, his calendar of engagements ? frees itself right around the time the NBA playoffs conclude. That's the time when we could really jump into it if there are serious offers."