There’s been no substantive update since Phil Jackson and the Lakers met on Saturday to discuss the team’s vacant head coaching spot. But as Jackson mulls over the job that is reportedly his if he wants it, a picture of who he might want to add to his staff if he does return to the bench is starting to come into focus.

The names that have been tossed around thus far are Kurt Rambis, Jim Cleamons, and Frank Hamblen, all of whom had worked with Jackson in previous seasons in Los Angeles. But a couple of other names have surfaced — both of whom played for Jackson in the past, and one of which might be a bit of a surprise.

From Mitch Lawrence of the New York Daily News:

Jackson actually could be in place by Monday, according to league sources, with the Lakers trying to find a way to have Brian Shaw freed up from his coaching duties with the Indiana Pacers so that he can rejoin Jackson in L.A. The former Laker player and assistant coach, long talked about as a potential head coach with the team, is the Pacers’ assistant head coach. To get him out of Indiana, the Lakers will probably need to send the Pacers some sort of compensation. Jackson is looking at adding Scottie Pippen, his former Chicago Bulls star, to his staff, sources said.

The Brian Shaw part makes sense, because in the first ESPNLosAngeles report about Jackson being at the top of the Lakers list, there was a tidbit in there about him wanting to bring in a young coach to mentor and eventually hand the team off to as a way to “pay forward” the opportunity he was given early in his career by the architect of the Triangle offense, Tex Winters.

Shaw, as was mentioned, is currently employed as an assistant head coach with the Indiana Pacers, and a little cash might not be enough for them to release him now that the season has already started. Then again, if he’s essentially promised the throne after Jackson retires for the final time if he comes on as an assistant, it would be tough for Indiana to force him to stay as long as the team is compensated for that loss.

As for Scottie Pippen, we knew he had aspirations of becoming an NBA head coach. There’s no better way for him to achieve that goal than by training for it as a member of Jackson’s staff.