"Nike would be very interested in having one of the greatest basketball players in the world as part of our family," Nike's brand co-president Chairles Denson said. "But it's more than just that, and we are in the process of determining what that means."
"Anybody and everybody who's in the business is in discussion with Kobe right now. There's going to be a feeling out period here to understand what this series of events has created and how people are going to react to it."
Bryant was voted the most marketable basketball player in a survey last year.
