Former Nuggets coach Michael Malone joins ESPN coverage for Western Conference finals

NEW YORK Michael Malone who was fired by the Denver Nuggets with three games remaining in the regular season will join ESPN for its coverage of the Western Conference finals The series beginning Tuesday night matches the Minnesota Timberwolves against the Oklahoma City Thunder who eliminated Malone s former crew in seven games in the second round Malone led the Nuggets to their first NBA championship in and is the franchise s career leader in wins But they made the surprising decision to part strategies with him and general manager Calvin Booth in the final week of the regular season Related Articles Renck vs Keeler Who wins another championship first Nuggets Nikola Jokic or Avs Nathan MacKinnon Keeler Thunder s Alex Caruso manhandled Nuggets in Competition which is why Denver requirements two of him Renck Nikola Jokic knows Nuggets need deeper bench And that s not all Nikola Jokic on Nuggets coach David Adelman He changed the power Nuggets-Thunder Match -pointers Why did refs let Alex Caruso take out Nikola Jokic David Adelman finished the season as Denver s coach Malone will work on the NBA Countdown pregame and halftime studio show that will be on site at all the games in the series joining Malika Andrews Stephen A Smith Bob Myers Kendrick Perkins and Shams Charania Want more Nuggets news Sign up for the Nuggets Insider to get all our NBA analysis