Los Angeles Lakers: Why Anthony Davis is a perfect fit for LeBron James

The Los Angeles Lakers’ superstar duo of Anthony Davis and LeBron James is arguably the best in the league and meshes perfectly as well.

The narrative surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers over the past three years has not just been that the front office wants to build a contender — it was that the front office wanted to bring in two superstars to restore the franchise back to its glory days.

After two+ years of countless reports and multiple headaches, the Lakers did just that by trading for Anthony Davis, who joins LeBron James in LA.

With the potential for DeMarcus Cousins to break out if he is healthy at the center position, the Lakers could have three superstars on the roster.

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Regardless, the Lakers are undoubtedly title-contenders, even if they are not getting the credit they deserve from most of the NBA fanbase. One of the biggest reasons for fans undervaluing the Lakers is LeBron James’ age as he will be turning 35 this December.

That is a valid point as the only undefeated thing in sports is father time and it too will eventually catch up to LeBron. However, what people are glossing over is that the Lakers’ front office recognizes this and brought in the perfect teammate for this stage in his career in Davis.

There could not have been a better second star to add to the Los Angeles Lakers than Davis.

LeBron is a smart guy, he knows that he has much more time behind him than in front of him in the NBA. And while he still produces like an All-NBA First-Team player, he also knows that his body is getting older and that he cannot put the entire team on his back for the entire season.

Why else do you think he showed absolutely no effort down the stretch for the Lakers last season? Why burn himself out and risk injury on a team that was not going to do anything anyway?

Davis is somebody that can take that workload off of LeBron’s back and he the best player on the team in the regular season. Davis certainly is an MVP candidate and is someone who just two years ago everyone thought would be the future face of the NBA.

Davis has the wherewithal to score 30 points a night, snag a dozen rebounds and record two blocks per game. He can be the best player on both ends of the court, which takes massive pressure off of LeBron’s back as for the first time can play a secondary role.

That is not to say that LeBron won’t be great as he will still likely average at least 25, seven and seven. If anything, having Davis be the guy will open the door for LeBron to do more down the stretch.

It is also important that Davis is not ball-dominant and does not need to take the ball up the court to thrive. LeBron can now wear his point guard glasses and play the role of a pass-first forward, hitting Davis on transition, at the three-point line and feeding him in the post.

Davis can really score anywhere and with Cousins and company also on the court, LeBron is going to have more chances to assist baskets than score his own baskets this season.

The same could not be said for a ball-dominant point guard or if the team got a secondary star, such as Paul George, to still play the Robin to LeBron’s Bat-Man.

For once, LeBron can actually be the Robin to someone else’s Bat-Man, making Anthony Davis the perfect teammate to give the Los Angeles Lakers the best shot of winning it all.