Redfin would lovingly describe the Nuggets’ practice court, tucked into a second-floor wing of Ball Arena, as “cute.” “Cute,” of course, is realtor code for “tiny.”
As coach Michael Malone left his amiable media scrum early Tuesday evening, he pointed to a set of three orange traffic cones stationed near one of the cuter padded walls to the right of the main entrance. Malone noted that the cones were not, in fact, used for dribbling or ball-handling drills, or drills of any kind — but as a keep-out barrier because of multiple leaks on that area of the floor.
While this served as yet another reminder of how sad the practice facilities are for the two best teams in town — the Nuggets, No. 1 seed in the Western Conference, work out in a church basement that leaks, while you’ve gotta wind your way through an arcade in Centennial and turn left at the laser tag to find the Avalanche, defending Stanley Cup champs — it also made us want to roll Jamal Murray into a giant Bubble Wrap burrito until about March 31.
