With Thursday's NBA trade deadline now passed, the Pelicans' Anthony Davis admitted he did not expect to play for New Orleans again this season after requesting a trade. Ahead of the deadline, Davis made public his wish to sign elsewhere, with LeBron James' Los Angeles Lakers said to be his preferred destination. Davis showed no ill-effects of the talk surrounding his future, however, contributing 32 points, and afterwards he indicated he had been fully prepared to sit out the remainder of the season if the Pelicans had made that decision.