The Los Angeles Lakers have yet to reach out to head coaching candidates for their vacancy, according to a source.

The Lakers are expected to start a preliminary round of phone interviews soon and could schedule sit down interviews later in the month.

The relationship between Kobe Bryant and a new coach will be important. The Mike D'Antoni-Bryant relationship deteriorated to the point where the two barely spoke by the end of their tenure this season.

D'Antoni asked Bryant to change his shootaround routine in which the guard would get treatment in the training room. When D’Antoni thought this was causing a disconnect between Bryant and his teammates, the coach asked him to change his routine.