The conference finals of this year's NBA playoffs are set. The Oklahoma City Thunder will take on the Minnesota Timberwolves in the West, while the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers meet again to do battle in the East. And ESPN will be adding a big-name contributor to help preside over it all.
On Monday the network announced former Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone would be joining the coverage team for the conference finals. Malone was fired just over a month ago, with three games remaining in the 2024–25 NBA regular season; his former players in Denver were eliminated by the Thunder on Sunday.
