Rockets looking at John Lucas as head coach?

John Lucas is an emerging candidate in the Rockets’ search for a new head coach, league sources say.

Lucas served as the Rockets’ player development coach on Mike D’Antoni’s staff for the past four seasons and has strong working relationships with Rockets star guards James Harden and Russell Westbrook.

Source: Marc Stein of The New York Times (via Twitter)

ANALYSIS: The Rockets have quite a few options as they look to replace Mike D'Antoni. Lucas' experience with Houston's players could help his candidacy. Lucas was recently a guest on BasketballNews.com's podcast "The Posecast," where he talked with James Posey about his coaching experience, overcoming personal demons, meeting LeBron James and Kobe Bryant as high-schoolers and much more.