NBA Trade Rumors: Will The Struggling Knicks Push To Trade Kristaps Porzingis For Pelicans All-Star Anthony Davis?

The New York Knicks is again off to a bad start despite the arrival of former MVP Derrick Rose and rookie head coach Jeff Hornacek. Kristaps Porzingis is not in his usual self and was even benched in the 4th quarter of their games this season, seriously struggling under their new head coach.

Could this signal a trade in the works? In a report by Sports Rageous, the Knicks could possibly send Porzingis and Rose to New Orleans Pelicans and acquire all-star Anthony Davis in return.

Porzingis played a sensational year in his 1st NBA season and many believed that he is the bright future of the franchise. He showcased incredible talent in his rookie season and was a runner-up for the rookie of the year award.

In their recent games, new head coach Hornacek chose to put Porzingis on the bench where people believed that the young star is deeply struggling under the new coaching system, according to New York Post. Porzingis stated that he is capable of helping his team defensively and offensively but the coach has a different opinion regarding this which critics believed triggered the alarm that the Knicks' young stud could possibly get traded before the trade deadline.

On the other side, the New Orleans Pelicans are still winless and all-star center Anthony Davis is already getting frustrated with his losing team. Speculations started to spread that Davis wants out of the team and wish to be on a winning team.

Davis is having another MVP-like season but it just goes down the drain because of his team's terrible performance. The Pelicans is currently the worst team in the league losing all of its first 6 games and trading their lone star to add new pieces to improve the team roster is ideal, via Inquisitr.

If the two teams continue to struggle, speculations from around the league think that the Knicks could possibly pull the trigger before the trade deadline in February and send Rose with Porzingis to Pelicans to acquire all-star center Anthony Davis to team up with Carmelo Anthony which is legitimate in terms of the NBA's trade policy.