The Cavaliers decided to retain their assistant coaches after firing head coach Mike Brown earlier this week.

All three -- Chris Jent, Melvin Hunt and Mike Malone -- are under contract through next season.

Jent is important to Cleveland because he has served as the shooting coach for LeBron James since 2006.

"If LeBron stays," a source familiar told the Chicago Sun-Times, "Jent could wind up as the team's new head coach."