Ric Bucher made a report on ESPN that Dallas had contacted the Lakers and made initial inquiries into the Kobe discussions, dangling Josh Howard and Jason Terry.

Steven A Smith said on ESPN Radio that he knows the fact that Kobe wants to play in either Chicago or Dallas. He said the rumored Josh/Jet deal isn't enough, and that Dallas would likely need to recruit a third party to sweeten it's deal, or start talking about Josh/Devin together rather than Jet...

How far would you go to get Kobe? If we can do Josh/Jet and filler for him, I think you take it, run and never look back. I think I still give serious consideration to a Josh/Devin deal, because I think Terry would be a nice option next to Kobe...If we can get a third team involved, it's tough to say what would happen, but I think you put the young guys (Ager, Reyshawn, Fazekas, future picks, whatever) on the table and see what you can work out...