ORLANDO – On the way to the airport late last March, both Gary Harris and R.J. Hampton could sense something was in the works.
The Nuggets had been blasted by the Raptors, playing in Tampa Bay, on Wednesday night, the day before the trade deadline. The team had stayed the night and had Thursday — deadline day — to get to New Orleans, its next destination. The team bus rolled toward the airport and then stopped.
“We were on the bus, and the bus was like stopped for like 30, 45 minutes in front of the plane,” Hampton, now a Magic guard, told The Denver Post this past week.