Davis said he told Holiday he was going to request a trade before telling the Pelicans. “Before I even went to the team, I told him just out of respect,” Davis said. “He has been with me six years and we’ve been through so much. … It was always us two there. Before it all went down I told him first. He respected the decision. Obviously, it was tough for me to leave him and for him to see me go. But he understood it.”