Steven Adams and Clint Capela are two centers who could become available on the trade market this season.

The Oklahoma City Thunder have told interested teams they view Adams as part of their future for the time being. Adams is signed through the 20-21 season.

Capela was shopped in trade talks by the Houston Rockets during the offseason, but decided to keep him when they traded for Russell Westbrook. Capela could be made available again if the Rockets explore the trade market. Capela is signed through 2023.

The Oklahoma City Thunder had a limited trade market for Chris Paul after they acquired him with the intention to flip him to another team.

The Miami Heat were connected to a trade for Paul, but the Milwaukee Bucks were a franchise he wanted to join as they remain contenders built around the reigning MVP in Giannis Antetokounmpo.

"I had heard he wanted to go to Milwaukee," said Ryen Russillo on The Woj Pod. "Of course you'd want to go play with Giannis."

Paul has two seasons remaining on his four-year, $160 million deal.

The Oklahoma City Thunder has waived guard/forward DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell, guard Abdul Gaddy, forward Myke Henry and forward/center Eric Moreland.

Akoon-Purcell, Gaddy and Henry played sparingly in preseason, while Moreland didn't appear in any games.

Chris Paul is a player that can still play at a very high level, but the fact he is owed $120 million over the next three seasons makes his value on the trade issue more complicated.

The Houston Rockets had to attach multiple draft picks to trade Paul to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Russell Westbrook, who also is on a contract widely considering onerous. 

"When Oklahoma City got him this summer, their plan was to try to flip him somewhere else," said Adrian Wojnarowski on a podcast with Zach Lowe. "They hoped Miami would be willing to talk about a deal and that never got anywhere. But maybe the Heat get off to a bad start. Maybe they look at this again. And other teams."

Oklahoma City could potentially start Paul alongside two other point guards in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Dennis Schroder.

The Oklahoma City Thunder started three point guards in the debut of Chris Paul as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Dennis Schroder played alongside him.

The Thunder acquired Paul and Gilgeous-Alexander this past offseason as part of their trades of Russell Westbrook and Paul George.

"The spirit was right and the ball was moving," said Paul. "When you practice like that, you always wonder if it's going to translate to the game. For us tonight, it did."

Billy Donovan said he liked the look of the lineup.

"All three of those guys are really important and they're drivers of our offense because they're smart, they have a really good feel of how to play and they're unselfish," Donovan said. "They've got to be the catalyst to moving the basketball. Putting them out there, my feeling was to get them comfortable playing with one another, get them playing with a good pace and tempo and speed, and I thought we came out to start the game playing like that."