The Detroit Pistons are considering Ime Udoka and Juwan Howard for their head coaching vacancy.

Udoka and Howard are currently assistants with the Spurs and Heat respectively.

The Pistons are also interested in Kenny Smith and Dwane Casey.

Udonis Haslem is unsure if he will return for a 16th NBA season, but he does know he's not interested in a coaching role.

"When you get to this stage of your career and your life, you either do it or you don't," he said. "You can't really turn it on and off. It becomes a lifestyle."

Haslem turns 38 in June.

"I don't want to do coaching; the coaching is not for me," he said. "Being in the locker room and being able to have that raw side where I can still be a player and I can still be brutally honest and I don't have to be politically correct or play the political side of things, it gives me a little more leeway to communicate with my guys being a player, as opposed to a coach."

Haslem, however, wants to remain part of the Heat organization and could work in the front office.

"It could possibly be something that intrigues me," he said. "But more so than anything, I just want to be a part of the organization. We haven't really defined a role or I haven't defined a role. But I'm going to be a part of the organization. I've laid down a lot of groundwork, the roots.

"For me it's more so important that the culture is carried on and is taken care of by the right guys. So, for me, the culture was given down to Dwyane [Wade] and myself from the Zos [Alonzo Mourning] and those guys and Eddies Joneses and they transferred the culture down to us. So it's my job to transfer it."

The Miami Heat have declined their $1.6 million option on Jordan Mickey.

Mickey will become an unrestricted free agent.

Mickey averaged 4.0 points and 3.5 rebounds in 12.3 minutes per game in 17-18 with the Heat.

Pat Riley is currently mulling what to do with Hassan Whiteside this offseason.

The Miami Heat re-signed Whiteside to a four-year, $98 million in 2016.

According to Barry Jackson, "there is strong support among numerous people inside the Heat to trade Whiteside."

The dissatisfaction with the partnership appears to be mutual with both sides preferring a fresh start.

“He had a bad year this year,” Riley said.

The Portland Trail Blazers and Dallas Mavericks pursued Whiteside during the 2016 offseason.