The Los Angeles Lakers were able to recover well from Kawhi Leonard‘s decision to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers. The Lakers were able to sign Danny Green, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, JaVale McGee, Quinn Cook, along with Troy Daniels, Jared Dudley, and now DeMarcus Cousins, and Rajon Rondo according to Adrian Wojnarowki and Ramona Shelburne. If anyone forgot, Anthony Davis, DeMarcus Cousins, and Rajon Rondo were teammates in New Orleans.
The Cousins-Davis duo was successful in New Orleans, and Rajon Rondo was also part of that success, orchestrating the offense.