Spurs assistant Ettore Messina and former Grizzlies coach David Fizdale will interview for the Hornets job, league sources told ESPN.
Former Lakers coach Byron Scott said he believed he'd be given one more year to coach the team.
The Lakers have received permission from the Warriors to interview Luke Walton for their coaching vacancy. Sources told The Undefeated that the Rockets also plan to interview Walton.
Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak doesn't anticipate his coaching search "dragging into summer" and expects to narrow the field quickly, he said Monday.
Byron Scott is out as Lakers coach, sources say, after the team finished a franchise-worst 17-65.
Lakers coach Byron Scott said Friday that he "absolutely" expects to be back next season, despite the team's posting a franchise-worst 17-65 record in 2015-16.
