KP Might Prefer a Trade

According to reports, injured Knicks star, Kristaps Porzingis had a tumultuous meeting with the Knicks brass, today, where he objected to the losing and questioned the culture and if there was a plan.  Woj is now reporting that he left the Knicks feeling that he'd prefer a trade. Now, I am a little suspicious of this because I think what KP wants and has wanted is a max extension. If he gets traded without one, what he might become is a unrestricted free agent after next season - and thus unable to make max Bird right's money. So if he's saying he wants a trade, it's got to come with the max extension and that's makes it harder for the Knicks to trade him.  So I suspect this "KP wants a trade" idea is coming from the Knicks themselves. We've seen lots of pro teams start dinging their stars to make trades more palatable to their fanbases, and that's what I suspect this is. Could be a really rocky deadline week, and, possibly, next several years.  Why can't they just keep it quiet and tank?