SALT LAKE CITY >> Clippers guard Bones Hyland took some responsibility for the way his time ended recently in Denver but lamented how little communication there was between him and the Nuggets coaching staff before he was traded.

“I feel like I had great communication with the front office,” Hyland said on Friday, speaking from the Rising Stars news conference. “Talked to them a lot. It was moreso just coaching staff. Just talking to me, just letting me know what’s going on. Stuff like that. I feel like it was just so low. I’m just going into the locker room every game, just not knowing. As professional athletes, as a coach, you talk to your players, let them know what’s going on. Even if you don’t, at least another coach come to you and stuff like that. I just feel like I didn’t have anything like that.”

Hyland was dealt shortly before the trade deadline to the Los Angeles Clippers for two second-round picks, which wasn’t much return on a promising second-year player who made two consecutive Rising Stars games.

“Yeah, I feel like it could’ve been done better on both ends,” he said. “Just more communication. I’ve got so much love for Denver, but I just feel like the communication was just so low. I had a lot of mixed emotions, and we didn’t come together and just make it better.”

In the aftermath of Denver’s road game in Minnesota, where Hyland didn’t play on the second night of a back-to-back despite four starters not even making the trip, he had a long conversation with Michael Porter Jr. that offered a window into the support he was getting.

“Me and MPJ had a long talk on the plane,” Hyland said. “A long talk. ‘Man, I wish we could make it better, I want you here,’ and stuff like that. I feel like a lot of the players, they can vouch for me. You can ask them how they feel about me and stuff like that. My character speaks for itself. It just goes a long way. A lot of teammates want me there, something I feel like it was the wrong timing.”

Hyland said DeAndre Jordan was there for him, too.

Much was made of his relationship with Jamal Murray, though Hyland said any tension was largely made up. The Denver Post reported friction between Murray and Hyland’s playing styles, which was part of the reason for the trade in the first place.