Malone found Hansen.
He looked very angry.
Malone was the assistant coach who dared to call travel on James during a practice game, and this season he's playing the tough role.
Hansen had been through this before; people get naturally irritable in such a state.
He probably knew the real reason for Irving's absence from practice.
"I'm planning to DNP Kyrie."
Malone would not allow such a disruptor on the team.
His coaching principle is to treat everyone equally; if Irving is given a pass, managing the team would become much more difficult.
Everyone knew why Hansen's past Lakers couldn't succeed no matter who was the head coach or the teammates?
Because when you have a privileged player, or what might be called an "exempt" player, the team loses its discipline.
The reason Malone sought out Hansen was simple: an NBA coach isn't a college coach, and suspending a star player isn't decided by the head coach alone.
