Kobe to Dallas?

Mavericks have contacted Jerry Buss
By Matt Carter | October 19th, 2007
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There’s been a lot of talk as of late about the amount of communication between the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers. Some believe no formal offer has been made for superstar Kobe Bryant; don’t buy that.

An unidentified source within the organization tells me that Dallas is in communication with Mitch Kupchak and Jerry Buss over the future of Kobe, but it is actually Dallas, and not LA, that is keeping a deal from going down. Supposedly Los Angeles wants a package including Josh Howard, Jason Terry, draft picks, and filler for Bryant, and Dallas is unwilling to part with certain pieces of the team. It may ultimately boil down to who exactly makes up the “filler” in the trade–as in whether we’re talking about DeSagana Diop or Nick Fazekas.

Unless either the Lakers lower their demands (or the Mavericks submit) it seems unlikely that a Kobe-to-Dallas deal will happen.

Keep checking back as this story will undoubtedly be updated in the near future.