On Tuesday, Jazz basketball operations vice president Kevin O'Connor said he had no plans to travel to the Los Angeles area to meet Wednesday with Karl Malone and his agent.

On Wednesday, O'Connor did just that ? traveling to the L.A. area to meet there with the veteran power forward and his agent, Dwight Manley.

But by Thursday, when knowledge of the Wednesday get-together became public, Malone still had made no decision regarding his free-agent future ? including the possibility of leaving Utah after 18 seasons to join the Los Angeles Lakers.

"There are several situations that we are reviewing," Manley said early Thursday night.

"All of the situations are fluid," he added, "so we're just continuing to work through the different options."

Later Thursday night, Manley was adamant about the fact Malone was keeping his options open.

"We have not made any commitment with any person or team," the agent said. "Karl has not made any decision."