Jayson Williams talked with the Idaho Stampede of the Continental Basketball Association, hoping a roster spot there would be the first step in a return to playing in the NBA.

The former NBA All-Star was acquitted in April of the most serious charge in the 2002 shooting death of a limousine driver at his mansion, but was convicted on four counts stemming from a failed bid to conceal the shooting. He still faces retrial on a charge of reckless manslaughter.

Williams, who lost his job as an NBC-TV analyst, was in Boise this week for talks with the team.

"Mr. Williams looks forward to the opportunity to compete in the sport that he loves so much," his spokeswoman, Judy Smith, said Tuesday from Washington, D.C. "Interested NBA teams want to ensure that his body is completely healed and can withstand the rigors of nightly competition."