Chris Paul tweeted that he has "unfinished business" in Houston.
The star point guard is poised to sign a four-year, $160 million max contract to stay with the Rockets, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported at the stroke of midnight ET on Saturday night, as the NBA free agent period began.
With Paul running the offense, the Rockets surged to the best record in the NBA's regular season at 65-17, but Houston lost to the eventual champion Golden State Warriors in seven games in the Western Conference finals.
Paul sustained a hamstring injury in the waning moments of Game 5, which the Rockets won to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series, but he missed the final two games, both won by the Warriors.
The 13-year veteran, who just finished his first season in Houston after spending six years each in New Orleans and with the Los Angeles Clippers, has career averages of 18.7 points, 9.8 assists and 4.5 rebounds in 35.3 minutes per game.
The Rockets also will bring back swingman Gerald Green on a one-year minimum salary contract worth $2.4 million, according to multiple reports Sunday.
Green, 32, made $1.4 million last season after joining the Rockets in December, two months after he was waived by the Milwaukee Bucks.
He averaged 12.2 points and 3.2 rebounds in 22.7 minutes per game across 41 games (two starts) with the Rockets.
Departing Houston is another swingman, starter Trevor Ariza, who will join the Phoenix Suns on a $15 million, one-year deal, according to multiple reports Sunday.
Ariza, who turned 33 on Saturday, made $7.4 million last year, his fourth season of his second stint with the team.
He averaged 11.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game in 67 contests while often defending opposing teams' top-scoring wing.
source: news.abs-cbn.com
