The Dallas Mavericks are expected to pursue DeAndre Jordan, DeMarcus Cousins and Julius Randle in free agency.

Jordan and Randle are natives of Texas.

Jordan agreed to sign with the Mavericks in 2015 before ultimately changing his mind to re-sign with the Los Angeles Clippers.

Cousins was widely expected to re-sign with the New Orleans Pelicans until he ruptured his Achilles and the team continued to play well without him. The Mavericks have an extensive history of working with Cousins' agent Jarinn Akana.

The New Orleans Pelicans and DeMarcus Cousins will have a compelling decision to make this offseason with his free agency.

Cousins was asked how he evaluates the Pelicans' level of interest.

"I know for a fact my teammates want me back there, but you know it’s a business," said Cousins. "The people in the front office are going to make the best decision for the team or whatever they feel is the best decision. You know, we’ll see what happens. I honestly can’t answer that question, I haven’t spoken to the front office in a while, so we’ll see what happens."

Cousins was asked if he's open to re-signing with the Pelicans.

"Oh yeah, for sure. This is my first time in free agency, but I’ve been around this business long enough. I know how things work. I’m not out here trying to hold a grudge or anything like that. I’m going to make the best decision for me, and I believe teams are going to do the same thing."

DeMarcus Cousins unfollowed the New Orleans Pelicans' on Instagram on Tuesday.

Cousins is set to be a free agent as he recovers from a ruptured Achilles.

When asked about the decision, Cousins replied, “cause I’m grown.”

According to Zach Lowe, the Pelicans are considering offering Cousins a deal worth less than the max at a period of two or three seasons.

The Pelicans continued to play well without Cousins and won their first round series against the Blazers.

Dell Demps talked about a potential Cousins return during his season-ending press conference.

“You know, in a perfect world we’d love to have him back,” said Demps. “We want him back. Sometimes things happen that you can’t control in free agency, In a perfect world, we’d like to have him and Rondo back. And then we also still want to add to our team. We feel like we want to build off of this season, but we want to grow. We don’t want to look back, we want to keep going forward and the excitement around the city, the effort from the players and the coaches and everyone, and it just motivates you to say, ‘Hey, how high can we go?’ We’re going to maximize it. We’re going to reach for it.”