Anthony Davis has exceeded the expectations of LeBron James when the Los Angeles Lakers traded for him this past offseason.

"It's everything I expected and more," James said. "Obviously, that's why I wanted him here. When you get a generational talent like that and you got an opportunity to get him, you just try to do whatever you can to get him.

"I gave my opinion on what I thought he could bring to this franchise. I gave my thoughts about the player -- but not only the player, the person. Hopefully, they took my advice to heart. And obviously, ultimately they made the decision to do what we did in the offseason. It's no surprise to me."

"I already knew how incredible the guy is," James continued. "He had 50 [points] in the All-Star Game. You know, 30s, 20s, 40s and 20s he had when he was with the Pelicans and just doing the things he was doing at that size, there's not too many guys who have done that in this league."

Dwight Howard believes Davis has also had an impact on James.

"Well, AD has had an effect on LeBron," Howard said. "I think the way that he's playing, now LeBron's saying, 'I got to step my level of play up because AD, my running partner, every night he's there.' So I think he's made LeBron, he's given LeBron new life."

Jeanie Buss has also been incredibly impressed by Davis.

"In order to get a great talent like Anthony Davis, you have to give up something great," Buss said. "But to have Anthony Davis as a Laker really is just ... he's even more impressive than I ever thought he would be. And so, it's exciting what we have."