Last night on Twitter I began my petition to “Bring Chris Paul to Disney World” to buddy up with Defensive Player of the Year Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic in an attempt to keep Dwight from heading to Disney Land and Lakers. This stirred up a whirl wind of discussion as many of you are 100% -or as a friend of mines said “95% sure Chris Paul would joing Melo and Amare as a Knick.” Where does Chris Paul go after the Hornets?   There’s no surprise that Chris Paul will be chucking the deuces to New Orleans. They won’t risk losing him to free agency and getting nothing, so I’m sure it will end in another Melo Trade scenario. What are the options? 

The Knicks seem to be the obvious pick. Build another “All Star” team. Three seems to be the magic number in the league as the “Heatles” have taken Miami with the Bron Wade and Bosh trio. The the Green Machine in Boston with the likes of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen. It would only be right for Chris Paul to join Amare and Melo in New York. While Anthony forced a trade, it won’t be as easy for Paul. If the NBA has its way with the new collective bargaining agreement, its possible that a franchise tag can be placed on Paul, keeping him in a Hornets jersey for a few more year. Same case can happen to Dwight in Orlando. Paul has not idicated any long term decisions and has yet to say upfront “I’m taking my talents to the Big Apple” , but he has said repeatedly that all he cares about is winning.

I’m personally sick of speculation and hate the way people claim to be Miss Cleo fortune tellers of the league. We won’t know where Chris is going until he announces it. Until then, I will petition to bring him to Orlando.   General manager Dell Demps intends to do what he can this summer so that it stays that way beyond next year. Paul is not eligible for a contract extension until after July 9, by which time there could be a lockout preventing contract talks. But if a labor agreement is in place, Demps intends to reach out to Paul and is optimistic that the All-Star point guard's confidence in the franchise has at been restored enough that he'll be willing to reopen negotiations.

"When that time arises, we'll have those conversations," Demps said. "Chris has been engaged since Day 1. ... We have open lines of communication and we believe it will stay like that as this thing continues." Demps was flooded with trade offers, but he and Williams remained firmly committed to making Paul the centerpiece of the franchise. That vision remains unchanged, even though Paul, in essence, has only one more year remaining on his contract because he can opt out in 2012-13.

"He's made some comments to us that he's happy and he likes the direction that we're going," Demps said, "and we're happy with him and we want to just keep building and growing." While Paul has often praised Williams' performance, he has avoided discussing his future beyond saying that he is looking forward to trying to help the Hornets improve next season. Calls to Paul and his agent, Leon Rose, on Wednesday were not immediately returned.

The Hornets were 46-36 this season, and improvement of nine wins over the season before and good enough for the seventh seed in the Western Conference playoffs before being eliminated by the Lakers.  I've made 3 different trade speculations for these teams to acquire Chris Paul and possibly Dwight Howard.

For Lakers. Click here.

For Knicks. One for Chris Paul and one for Dwight Howard.

For Magic. Click here.