The Chronicle’s Jonathan Feigen breaks down key players in this year’s free-agent class:

CHRIS PAUL LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS

If the Lob City experiment has finally run its course, Paul could be ready to move on. Still an elite point guard, Paul would thrive in Mike D’Antoni’s offense and can mesh with James Harden better than other ball-dominant playmakers, as he has shown with USA Basketball teams. Paul will certainly have plenty of options to consider, likely including San Antonio. But as the head of the players’ association, he helped negotiate changes that would benefit players such as himself, if he stays with the Clippers.

BLAKE GRIFFIN LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS

Griffin has seemed to have taken well to working and living in Los Angeles and could be hesitant to leave, but if one star leaves the Clippers, it might be difficult to stay for a retooling, especially with the top of the West so loaded and no team knowing how impenetrable the Warriors seem better than the Clippers. Griffin has had trouble staying healthy and might have lost a tad of explosiveness, though he had plenty to spare. If he decides that it is time to move on, he would still be a prized target throughout much of the league.

PAUL MILLSAP ATLANTA HAWKS

Millsap will opt out of a $21 million contract to return to free agency as an ideal mix of the new power forward style of range shooting with old school toughness and physicality. With a new general manager, the Hawks could be ready to rebuild. The trade of Dwight Howard may be a sign that they will step back. That does not mean they will forfeit in the competition to keep their best player, but he could be up for a move to a team with expectations in line with the Hawks’ a couple seasons ago.

KYLE LOWRY TORONTO RAPTORS

When Lowry was most recently a free agent, the Rockets were at his Philadelphia front door when the recruiting period began. Some of that was to make sure Lowry would be OK with playing for former Rockets coach Kevin McHale again, but it was a long shot then that he would leave Toronto. Daryl Morey has always been a fan, even when he traded Lowry for the pick that eventually helped land James Harden. Lowry would love playing for Mike D’Antoni, but the mix might not be as smooth as in Toronto.

GORDON HAYWARD UTAH JAZZ

Hayward is expected to opt out of his contract to a return to free agency and another max contract. He has been one of the keys to the rise of the Jazz and would be hard-pressed to leave, but a reunion with his college coach, Brad Stevens, in Boston is expected to get his attention. The Miami Heat are also expected to make a hard push for Hayward.