Nuggets guard Ty Lawson was a no-show to Wednesday’s practice, the team’s first after the longest all-star break in NBA history.

Lawson was coming from Las Vegas, where the day before he posted a picture of himself on Facebook. Nuggets coach Brian Shaw was not happy with the unexcused absence.

“We had a week off or nine days between games, and you expect everybody to be here,” Shaw said. “It disrupts the planning of everything, in terms of you count on somebody in practice. But he’s not here so we had to go without him.”

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Lawson failing to show is the latest in a string of incidents that have upset management in the past two years. He had a domestic incident in the summer of 2013, a case that was eventually dropped. He missed a team breakfast meeting late last season and was held out of the starting lineup. In January he was arrested on suspicion of DUI.

Lawson is the Nuggets best player, their most productive player, but he has trouble throughout his career staying on the right track. Shaw didn’t know Lawson wasn’t in the building until the players reported to the practice court and Lawson failed to show. He had not contacted the team telling them he would be a no-show.

“When we had the coaches meetings this morning, all of the other guys came in and did their shooting,” Shaw said. “And we (the coaches) came up right at the start of practice at 11 o’clock and that was the first that I noticed that he wasn’t there.”

It’s not clear if Lawson will be punished.

“I know that there’s things that happen,” Shaw said. “Guys went all different directions after the last game, against (the L.A. Lakers). … I don’t know what the issues are, the travel issues. I haven’t talked to anybody on that subject yet.

“But you don’t want wait to the last minute. I suggested to the guys that everybody try and get back in town (Tuesday), so if there were any cancellations or postponements or delayed flights that you still had time to get in.”

Christopher Dempsey: cdempsey@denverpost.com or twitter.com/dempseypost