I picture this is somewhat how the convo went down:

Barnes & Howard run into each other at a mutual friends party/house/charity event/whatever where they exchange pleasantries and…
Barnes asks Dwight, “So whats up man? You got your plan for what your doin next year or what?”
Dwight: “Nah man, just still tryin to figure out what to do, you know how it is.”
Barnes: “True, true. You should come out to LA man, you’d LOVE it out here. The weather, the women, man.”
Dwight: “Haha, yeah man, I know! I’d be nice out here, the Lakers are one of those dream places to play.”
Barnes: “Haha, yeah man, you know it…”

a couple seconds pass and the two say something along the lines of “Alright man, Ima go talk to a couple people but I’ll catch up with you later.” type-deal.

They didn’t seem that close when Matt was here and he tends to be a talker, so I really don’t put much stock into anything any what he or anyone of the like has to say on the matter.