Interesting news struck the Houston Rockets and the rest of the NBA world Monday morning when a report surfaced that Anthony Davis had officially requested to be traded from the New Orleans Pelicans. While not entirely shocking as AD is a top player and the Pelicans are not a top team, this was still an unexpected announcement.
The Pelicans have tried and failed countless times to try to add a competent squad around Davis. Jrue Holiday has developed into an All-Star now that he is healthy but Demarcus Cousins, Rajon Rondo, and Elfrid Payton (amongst others) didn’t pan out in making this team a contender.