Baron Davis doesn't want to be traded, despite rumors that the Clippers would love to unload his contract in a deal.

"It's tough because it's the nature of the business," Davis told FanHouse.

"But it's tough because I don't want to leave. I'm here. I came here for a reason. If I were to be traded, I just think that I just never really got a chance to do what I was signed here to do."

Davis signed a five-year, $65 million contract as a free agent in the summer of 2008 with his hometown team.

"I just look at it like you brought me here and you got to give me an opportunity," he said.

"I just want to (have an) opportunity to establish something with this core unit and this group and then we'll keep going."

Davis sees a very bright future for the Clippers.

"I can see us, the second half of the season, towards the end of the season, being one of the talked-about teams going into next year," he said.