Chicago Bulls Derrick Rose continues to be hounded by NBA trade rumors to the New Orleans Pelicans as he yet again struggled during their team's game recently.

In a report on the Chicago Sun Times, his gameplay was once again scrutinized. It was mentioned that his shooting has been worse compared to his other seasons in the league. The specific range that was questioned was his shooting skills from the three-point line.

After the loss to Phoenix where Bulls had a huge fourth quarter lead, Rose apparently admitted that their "killer instinct" might have been absent at the time. He said it showed on how the game turned out.

As reported by CBS Sports, the point guard only apparently scored 14 points during the game against the Phoenix Suns.

Prior to his shooting struggles, many critics have suggested on the NBA trade rumors pool that Derrick Rose of Chicago Bulls should purportedly be traded off to the New Orleans Pelicans.

"If you're the Chicago Bulls, you might need to trade [Rose] with the numbers he's getting paid along with the level of durability he has," Steven A. Smith said at ESPN's First Talk in September following an injury. "Now, what makes it worse is that with the latest injury, even if you wanted to trade him, the likelihood is you can't."

Among the teams that were mentioned for the NBA trade rumors for Chicago Bull's Derrick Rose was the New Orleans Pelicans. According to Rants Sports last month, Pelicans need another star player to lift their slump at the beginning of the season and Rose reportedly can fill the spot to team up with Anthony Davis.

But as told at the NBA Hang Time Blog, trading Rose may be disadvantageous as well.

"If I was Chicago, I'd be willing to move Rose, but I just don't know who you get back who can match what Rose brings," Lang Whitaker said during the blog session in October. "Last year, when he was returning from injuries and fighting other injuries, Rose still averaged almost 18 ppg, which is no small feat. The other issue in trading Rose would be finding a team willing to take on the remaining two years and $40+ million on his contract."