The New Orleans Hornets prepared for their highly anticipated sitdown with star guard Chris Paulby turning away the latest flurry of trade calls from other teams, according to NBA front-office sources.
Sources told ESPN.com that teams inquiring about Paul’s availability in recent days — and there have been several after persistent media reports suggesting that Paul will formally request to be traded at a meeting Monday — were greeted with the same resistance to Paul offers that the Hornets have maintained for months…
