"While their coach debates whether to return or retire, the Lakers press onward. They have no choice. The NBA calendar calls for the free-agency period to begin Wednesday at 9:01 p.m. The Lakers might not only lose Phil Jackson and assistant coach Brian Shaw, who is edging closer to becoming Cleveland's head coach, but they also have six free agents on their roster, almost half their team. There are many, many questions. Will they re-sign Derek Fisher and Shannon Brown? What other options are there at point guard? Any frontcourt players in the picture? And will they maybe keep Jordan Farmar after all? Fisher, 35, is their main free-agent concern after his sturdy playoff presence probably ..."