INDIANAPOLIS — Despite his friendship with Phil Jackson, Kurt Rambis said he still has no idea if he’ll be back. He also didn’t know whether he will participate in exit meetings Wednesday and Thursday with Jackson and general manager Steve Mills.
“Whatever’s going to happen is going to happen,” Rambis said after falling to 9-19 as interim coach with Tuesday’s 102-90 loss in the season finale. “I’m not going to worry about it. I want to be the head coach here. But that’s a decision out of my hands.
When told Jackson was likely to conduct at least a preliminary search for a new coach, Rambis deferred to the team’s needs.