That’s the rumor:

Kobe Bryant is still being pursued by Turkey despite asking for a salary worth $1 million per month, according to the latest reports. It’s just going to take a bit of creative financing for Besiktas to suit up two NBA All-Stars next season if the lockout continues.
The team that has already signed New Jersey Nets point guard Deron Williams for the upcoming season told the Associated Press that there is still interest in Bryant, and a bit surprisingly, Bryant and his team is still interested as well.
“It is a fact that Kobe Bryant’s managers have contacted us,” coach Ergin Ataman said Thursday, a week after Besiktas signed New Jersey Nets point guard Deron Williams.

Who knows if it’s true. But I do think the real risk to the leagues here is that if there is a disruption in the NBA and/or the NFL seasons and the advertisers who spend millions funding the two sports realize that their sales really aren’t hurt by not advertising during NBA or NFL games, the entire business model/business bubble of professional sports goes poof.

And what better way to test that hypothesis and compare year-over-year sales than a disruption of the season?