In late January, Anthony Davis sent a shockwave around the NBA and the Pelicans franchise when he publicly – not- so publicly rejected the Pelicans and requested a trade, with the intention of joining Lebron James on the Los Angeles Lakers. Of course, no trade was made and the Lakers are dealing with their own issues internally, but this is about the ramifications this set of events had on the Pelicans. Without this very public display of despondency about the state of the Pelicans franchise from Davis, the Pelicans would have probably continued to operate under their same status quo until the summer.
Anthony Davis’s trade request was the best thing that could have happened.
