Then, almost affirming that something could eventually be up this summer, Paul made a beeline for the court, where new Knicks president Leon Rose was huddling with a public-relations executive. Paul gave Rose a 10-second bear-hug. When Paul was leaving the court to the visitor’s locker room, he was asked if he could hug Rose again so a group of Knicks writers could catch it with their cell-phone cameras. “I don’t want to get in trouble,” Paul said, smiling.