Malone joined ESPN's broadcast crew covering the NBA's conference finals action this postseason. That'd be awesome for him if he weren't hoping to be still coaching at this point. The Nuggets unceremoniously fired Malone with just three games left in the regular season before Denver headed into the playoffs.

The former Nuggets head coach raised some eyebrows with comments he made Tuesday night during his debut as an ESPN analyst.

"Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, he showed why he's MVP," Michael Malone said Tuesday during an appearance on ESPN's postgame coverage when discussing the Oklahoma City Thunder's 114-88 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals.

Michael Malone, who was fired by the Denver Nuggets with three games remaining in the regular season, will join ESPN for coverage of the Western Conference finals.

Denver Nuggets fans will see a familiar face in the televised coverage of the NBA's Western Conference Finals this year. Michael Malone, who was fired by Denver with three games remaining in the regular season,

Per the network's announcement, Malone will appear on NBA Countdown during pregame and halftime for ESPN's coverage of the Thunder-Timberwolves series. He'll appear alongside the usual playoff crew of Malika Andrews, Stephen A. Smith, Kendrick Perkins, Bob Myers and Shams Charania.

Michael Malone, fired by the Denver Nuggets with just three games left in the regular season, will join the ESPN coverage team at the Western Conference finals.

Former Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone is now on ESPN and he called Shai Gilgeous-Alexander NBA MVP and not Nikola Jokic.