re: 5 former hornets in tonights grizz vs. clippers game

1) Will Chris Paul leave?

Every report acts like he's happy and not leaving, and prior to the playoffs I'm sure he was. He's defacto GM and the team played well during the regular season. I'm sure all the people that pushed him out of New Orleans are happy, but he really was one of those people that is driven by hating losing. His people won't tell him he should leave, they'll probably blame it all on Vinny and push for a new coach. Will a 1st round exit be enough of a reality check for Paul to leave when all of his people will be telling him to stay?

2) If he leaves, where too?

All of the Glamor Markets are out. Even without the new rules I don't think it'd work, but the new rules prevent higher level tax teams from doing Sign and Trades so getting Paul isn't even a legal option for the Lakers/Knicks/Heat.

I really think it'd come down to Rockets and Hornets. They have similar cap situations and similar abilities to both sign CP3 and do a S&T for Dwight. The question really is would CP3 rather play with Harden or Davis. I don't think it's that hard of a choice if he's leaving because he wants to win. Harden doesn't need time to develop, the main negative is he could be a bigger star than CP3 and I don't know how Paul would deal with that. I'm kind of concerned about Paul leaving. Rockets with Paul/Harden/Dwight would make it a lot harder to contend with Davis.