The goal was to train Timmins’ mind as much as his body, so that when he takes the floor during a game, he attacks the rim every time the opportunity is presented.
When the drill was over, Timmins stepped to the free-throw line. When he made the shot, he took another. When he missed, he sprinted to the opposite end of the floor and back.
Timmins was tired, but he kept working.
When the workout was over, he was asked about the experience and his interaction with Hopkins.
“No one is really on coach Hop’s level,” he said with a laugh.
Two days later, Timmins came off the bench with the ferocity Hopkins has been trying to coax out of the center. In just 11 minutes, he had seven rebounds, four blocks and a couple of steals on the road at Utah.