Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Hui-tanguru 2008, i whakawhānuihia e Hansen tana kirimana me Dynamo Moscow e haina ana i te tau e toru mo te $ 15 miriona taara, a, i hainatia e te Perehitini o Ruhia a Vladimir Putin tetahi ture e hoatu ana ki a Hansen te taangata o Ruhia. I te tau 2008-2009, ko Hansen, i whakangunguhia e David Blatt, i arahi ano i a Dynamo ki te whutupaoro whakamutunga o te EuroCup i Turin, Itari, i te toharite 16.4 ppg. I te Poutu-te-rangi 2008, i whiwhi a Hansen i te mana whenua o Ruhia, he " uruwhenua whero " ranei kia ahei ai ia ki te purei mo te kapa poitūkohu a-iwi a Ruhia mo nga taane matua i te whakataetae o te ao.
Ko ngā hākinakina o Beijing 2008. Ko ia te kaitākaro Amerikana tuarua i whiwhi i tētahi uruwhenua o Rūhia. Heoi, kaore ia i te takaro mo Russia.