The 24 hours before D.J. Augustin's debut with the Nuggets on Friday night were a bittersweet blur.
He was traded from Oklahoma City to the Nuggets on Thursday morning. That day, he also attended the funeral of Ingrid Williams, wife of Thunder assistant coach Monty Williams, who died in a car crash a few days earlier. The next morning, with his most essential items packed, he flew to Sacramento to meet his new team, the Nuggets, at their hotel.
The airline lost his luggage.
"(Thursday) was kind of an emotional day," Augustin said. "The next morning, I had to leave real early.