Last preseason, it was hard to get Lionel Hollins to say much positive about his first days of practice. He talked about "tough" days and players talked about the difficulties they were having with his offensive and defensive schemes. As we now know, Hollins was realizing that he didn't have the personnel he needed.
This year, it was appear, at least early on, that he's happier with what he's got, what he's seeing. A lot of that, apparently, came from veteran players.
"I just thought it was a very good first day," Hollins said, as reported by Rod Boone.