Dallas could offer Caron Butler, who would be good as either an expiring contract, a player or a future trade piece, Rodrigue Beaubois, rookie Dominique Jones and Ajinca plus draft picks.
Article just came out. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5399241 "The New York Knicks, Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Lakers are on Paul's list of preferred destinations, sources told CBSSports.com. The sources said members of Paul's "inner circle" have told the Hornets the guard wants out in part because "he feels like they haven't put the right pieces together." Sources told Broussard on Thursday that the Knicks and Magic are on Paul's list of preferred destinations, but the Lakers aren't. Sources told Broussard that the Portland Trail Blazers and Dallas Mavericks are also in the running if Paul were to be traded."
Maybe we lucked out not hiring a GM for all the FA's. We might have trade our expiring contracts and some of the players that might be needed to land CP3.