Lakers, Clippers Face Coaching Questions In the aftermath of the Lakers and Clippers being bounced from the playoffs rather unceremoniously by the Thunder and Spurs, both teams will face questions about their coaches" futures. The Clippers" decision is more imminent. They have to decide whether to pick up the option on Vinny Del Negro's contract by May 31, but have said they will decide much sooner than that, with owner Donald Sterling making the final call. "I'll sit down with Mr. Sterling and we'll talk," Del Negro told The Los Angeles Times. We'll go from there. There has always been an air of uncertainty about Del Negro, whose image still retains the shadow of his complicated ouster from Chicago, his first coaching job. The Clippers scooped him up shortly thereafter in 2010, drafted Blake Griffin and then added Chris Paul in the off-season, suddenly putting Del Negro at the head of one of the league's up-and-coming playoff contenders. In his second season, he led them to their most successful (if judged by winning percentage) season and into the second round of the playoffs for only the second time in 31 years, where they got thumped by the venerable Spurs. Adrian Wojnarowski argued on Yahoo.com after the Clippers won their first-round series over Memphis in seven games that the Clippers couldn't fire Del Negro now. But they are still the Clippers and thus, all bets are off. The Lakers" situation is more complicated. They made the rather controversial hire of Mike Brown last year after Phil Jackson retired, Brown having been best known for being trod all over by LeBron James in their years together in Cleveland. While the Lakers" colorful cast of characters spun through a lockout-compressed season like a soap opera on fast-forward, Brown ended up looking like the barker at a largely dysfunctional carnival. Kobe Bryant never seemed sold - he had lobbied for Brian Shaw to be Jackson's replacement - and now Brown will be tagged with failing to get the Lakers out of the second round of the playoffs for a second straight year. Such things do not sit well in Lakerland. So, do you think either Los Angeles team will opt for new coaches? Should they?