Pro Basketball News is reporting that ESPN/ABC analyst Mark Jackson is the favorite for the Wolves’ vacant coaching job.

http://www.probasketballnews.com/story/?storyid=580

Jackson has never coached in the NBA, but he played for the Indiana Pacers when David Kahn was GM there and has often said, including as recently as last week, that he wants a head-coaching job in the league.

Their story cites multiple unidentified sources, including one that says Kahn already has decided on Jackson.

Kahn said at his Wednesday press conference that he had no list of candidates — “Not lined up on the back of a napkin, nothing,” he said –  and wouldn’t begin compiling one or start his search until the day after the June 25 draft, a week from tonight.

The PBN story also says Kahn was with the Pacers for more than decade (more like six years, including two as a consultant) and said Kahn traded away Jackson and then brought him back with the Pacers (he may have worked on the deals, but Donnie Walsh called the shots when Kahn was there).

Jackson, 44, recently hired an agent to help him get a coaching job after he sought the Knicks’ head job last year and didn’t get it and wasn’t interviewed for any of the league’s openings after this past season.

“I’m just waiting for an opportunity for the right spot to present itself,” Jackson said at an ABC breakfast media breakfast during the NBA Finals. “I look forward to that day. I trust in God. The right situation will come and I look forward to making that guy who has the courage to pull the trigger, I’m looking forward to making him look awfully good.”

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