The concept, however, still holds weight. Players have to spend time on the floor together to get familiar with each other and the system. We saw that play out before our eyes as Cousins and Davis slowly picked up cues and had a few new plays each game where they worked off of one another rather than just occupying the same court.
So coming into the season the hope was the team would bring in a new defensive crew, let them play together, build some continuity and have a baseline for next year to build on. Then they had a chance to get Cousins, and bye bye continuity.