LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – It’s been near­ly a month since Nuggets wing Will Bar­ton left the “bub­ble” to con­tin­ue reha­bil­i­ta­tion of his right knee, and there remains “no timetable” for his return, pres­i­dent of bas­ket­ball oper­a­tions Tim Con­nel­ly told The Den­ver Post.

Bar­ton left Aug. 19 in search of a sec­ond opin­ion due to the knee issue that had lin­gered and had led to sore­ness in oth­er areas of his body, a league source told The Post.

Barton’s con­di­tion hadn’t improved after play­ing in a July 27 scrimmage.

“We’re not here with­out Will,” Con­nel­ly said. “He’s such a huge part of our team. He’s work­ing his tail off to try to get right. We thought the resources that were avail­able out­side the bub­ble would be bet­ter suit­ed to get him there. There’s no timetable, but even though he’s not here phys­i­cal­ly, he’s cer­tain­ly here in spirit.”

The Nuggets will begin Game 1 of the West­ern Con­fer­ence Finals against the Los Ange­les Lak­ers on Fri­day night. It’s their first appear­ance in the Con­fer­ence Finals since 2009.