The Lakers are slowly reaching out to coaching candidates, contacting Rick Adelman to officially express an interest in him to replacePhil Jackson.

The three decision-makers for the Lakers' coaching search — owner Jerry Buss and executives Jim Buss and Mitch Kupchak — continued the gradual momentum from their meeting Tuesday in which they drew up an official list.

Former Lakers coach Mike Dunleavy and current Lakers assistant coach Brian Shaw are also candidates. Former Cleveland coach Mike Brown is considered the front-runner for theGolden State coaching job, though the Lakers are somewhat interested in him too.