These are the exact words from Yahoo Sports Adrian Wojnarowski.
Remember until a deal is done anything can happen, but it is appears in some shape, form or fashion the Lakers will end up with Chris Paul on their roster.
The question begs will they also get Dwight Howard. Stay tuned.
Here is the general framework of the deal.
Pau to Rockets, CP3 to Lakers, Odom-KMart-Scola to NO