The Bulls have either spoken informally or conducted background searches on a number of potential coaching candidates, but they have no interviews lined up.

Chicago general manager Gar Forman said earlier this month that the team's search "could drag into June, maybe July."

The team has a list of candidates that includes Lawrence Frank, Tom Thibodeau, Maurice Cheeks, Elston Turner, Kevin McHale, Brian Shaw and Dwane Casey, according to sources.

Forman planned to fly to Boston to meet with Celtics assistant Thibodeau, but those plans were scraped when the Magic extended the Eastern Conference Finals with victories in back-to-back games.