New Orleans Pelicans superstar big man Anthony Davis has been medically cleared to play from his left index finger fracture, but the franchise does not intend to play him before Thursday's trade deadline.

According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, Anthony Davis is expected to sit out Wednesday's game against the Chicago Bulls.

This shouldn't come as a surprise, though. If Davis gets hurt on Wednesday, he would lose all of his trade value and the Pelicans wouldn't be able to move him should they want to trade AD this season.

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The prevailing thought in league circles is that New Orleans is going to trade Davis in the summer. That's going to create some awkwardness between Davis and the organization should that happen.

Everyone in the Big Easy knows The Brow wants to leave town, and it is unknown if the Pelicans will let Davis play if he's still on the team past the trade deadline.

Davis is one of the best players in the league, but he's also very injury prone. The former No. 1 overall pick has never played 82 games in a season. He is averaging 29.3 points, 13.3 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game this season, all while shooting 50.8 percent from the field and 32.5 percent from beyond the arc.