A former NBA player has claimed that LeBron James benefited from the trade that sent Anthony Davis from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Dallas Mavericks. There has been much speculation about the impact of the trade between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks that included Anthony Davis and Luka Doncic.

For the last few years, plenty of Los Angeles Lakers fans wanted the team to trade away Anthony Davis. In their minds, he wasn't just injury-prone — he was lazy, unmotivated and soft, and they felt he was a ticking time bomb because of his increased risk of injury.

Before being traded to the Mavericks, Anthony Davis reached out to Lakers legend Pau Gasol for advice. Here's what he told him.