Anthony Davis leads the NBA in PER, living up to the hype so far in his second season.

“I mean, he's the franchise,” Jrue Holiday said. “He's that guy. He's the go-to guy, and everybody here knows it.”

Davis is averaging 20 points, 11 rebounds, two steals and four blocks, putting up the type of numbers the NBA has only seen from Hakeem Olajuwon and David Robinson.

“That's why you have summer sessions and work with the coaches, work with the team, trainers, whoever, to get better,” Davis said. “I'd be disappointed in myself if I hadn't gotten better.”

Greg Stiemsma suffered a Grade 2 MCL sprain in his left knee, the New Orleans Pelicans announced.

An MRI confirmed the injury, which occurred during the second quarter of Tuesday night’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Stiemsma is expected to miss 6-8 weeks.

The Houston Rockets are engaged in trade talks with multiple teams on Omer Asik, but the asking price of Daryl Morey has been far too high for a deal to get completed.

Asik's agent has been in regular contact with Morey about facilitating a trade.

The Rockets are seeking an impact frontcourt player that can help them in the short-term, or a largely unprotected first-round pick in the 2014 NBA Draft.

A deal involving Asik is unlikely to be consummated before December 15 when players signed in the offseason become eligible for trades.

The Rockets are interested in trading Asik to the New Orleans Pelicans for Ryan Anderson. Anderson previously played with Dwight Howard during their time together with the Orlando Magic.

Asik has two seasons and $20 million remaining on his contract.

The New Orleans Pelicans have waived Lance Thomas and Arinze Onuaku.

Thomas, a 6’8” forward, appeared in 106 games (19 starts) with New Orleans, averaging 3.0 points and 2.3 rebounds in 12.4 minutes per game. Thomas appeared in five games for the Pelicans this year and averaged 1.2 points and 1.4 rebounds per game in 8.4 minutes.

Onuaku, a 6’9” forward, appeared in three games with New Orleans this season and averaged 1.0 points and 2.3 rebounds. The Syracuse product has appeared in 43 games over two seasons in the NBA Development League, including 38 games (32 starts) in the 2012-13 season for the Canton Charge of the NBA D-League, averaging 12.6 points and 9.5 rebounds in 23.7 minutes per game.

The moves were made to create room to sign Lou Amundson and Josh Childress.

The New Orleans Pelicans have signed Josh Childress.

Childress was most recently with the Brooklyn Nets after being amnestied by the Phoenix Suns during the 2012 offseason.

Childress was with the Washington Wizards during training camp and preseason.

Lou Amundson has agreed to sign with the New Orleans Pelicans.

Amundson finished last season with New Orleans.

Amundson was with the Los Angeles Clippers in training camp.