For example, during full-court scrimmages, he wouldn't always divide the team into starters, substitutes, and benchwarmers; instead, he often mixed things up, letting Hansen and Irving each lead a team.
Like today, he had Hansen lead the entire bench while Irving led the remaining starters.
The game started off evenly matched, but as the scrimmage moved into the second half, Hansen stepped up defensively, completely shutting down Irving, then swept the game with a personal scoring run on offence.
In these single-quarter scrimmages, there wasn't a need to worry about stamina, and it was quite easy for Hansen to win.
"Boss, you seem even more pumped up than usual today!" Conningham said, sitting beside Hansen after the scrimmage was over.
Hansen turned to look at Conningham, with a "Really?" expression.
"You usually don't kick into high gear until the official games," Conningham continued.
Only then did Hansen crack a smile.
