LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — There’s a road that surrounds the entire property of Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, where the top eight teams — decided by regular-season records — were assigned to stay in the NBA’s bubble.
One lap around the property is 1.7 miles, and you’ll find numerous executives and coaches jogging or walking the trail each morning, from Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra to Los Angeles Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank to Denver Nuggets brass Tim Connelly and Calvin Booth, just to name a few.
And then there’s Nuggets coach Michael Malone, who maniacally sprints the track on a road bike in the sweltering heat and humidity as if he’s participating in the Tour de France.