Source: Ball may talk to other lottery teams

The Chicago Bulls will play the Atlanta Hawks in the play-in game between the No. 9 seed and No. 10 seed on April 17.

The Bulls, who own a tiebreaker over the Hawks, have a magic number of three to clinch a home game.

The winner of the matchup will face the loser of the No. 7 seed versus No. 8 seed on April 19.

The Los Angeles Lakers have interest in assistants Micah Nori, David Adelman, Sean Sweeney, and Chris Quinn as possible candidates to fill their vacant head coach position, reported Jovan Buha on Buha’s Block.

Buha adds that the Lakers are not in the stage of interviewing candidates, but they do plan to name a coach by the NBA Draft on June 26.

The organization met earlier this week to establish the criteria for the next head coach.

JJ Redick and Kenny Atkinson remain candidates for the open position.

Ty Lue would be the Lakers’ top choice should be become available, though it appears unlikely at this point.