How could he have had discussions with any teams when nobody is allowed to talk to free agents until free agency begins. Any talk of that kind would be considered tampering and all parties involved would get punished by the league. Not to mention that in this interview with jvg: http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=114196 He said that he couldn't discuss Mike James, but hinted that he wouldn't mind if he came back.