During Orlando Magic practices recently as players trickle out for media responsibilities and the rest of their days, D.J. Augustin hangs back.
Usually, he is on the court playing shooting games with other players on the team, his trash talk usually filling up the gym adding different energy to the tail end of practices and some of the monotony and routine of the daily grind.
He has not been able to play those games much since going out with bone irritation in his left knee on Jan. 13. It has been a month of simple rest.