Big chunks of ESPN's coverage team are out for at least Game 1 of the NBA Finals, which start Thursday evening in San Francisco.
Analyst Jeff Van Gundy, who called Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals while clearly not sounding like himself, has COVID and is out for Thursday night's Warriors-Celtics matchup. An ESPN spokesperson said that Van Gundy hopes to return for Game 2, which is Sunday night.
The news that Van Gundy and Adrian Wojnarowski are out with COVID was first reported by the New York Post.