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Despite swirling speculation he may soon leave, Chris Paul insisted on Tuesday that his heart is in New Orleans.
Paul can opt out of his contract with the team and become a free agent at the end of the season.
He was asked at a charity event in Brooklyn about speculation that he could soon join the New York Knicks.
“I try not to pay attention to all that different type of stuff,” Paul said. “My heart is in New Orleans.”
Paul, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony were in New York on Tuesday to help deliver 800 meals to families in conjunction with Anthony’s foundation, Feed the Children and The Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
Sources have told ESPN The Magazine’s Chris Broussard that Paul would eventually like to end up in New York permanently.
Sources told Broussard that Paul’s first choice is to team up with Anthony and Amare Stoudemire in New York to form a “Big Three” similar to the Miami Heat’s trio of James, Wade and forward Chris Bosh.
— Reported by Ian Begley of ESPN New York
