Breaking down NBA restart with NBC Sports‘ Tom Haberstroh

On the latest edition of the Purple Talk Podcast, NBC Sports lead NBA writer Tom Haberstroh joins James Ham to discuss the current state of affairs in the NBA. Topics include the gambling conundrum, the Kings chances in Orlando, coronavirus testing and Marvin Bagley. (2:38) How Haberstroh got his start covering the NBA (4:35) Covid-19 and the issues with gambling (7:00) HIPAA and reporting doing the times of the coronavirus (8:45) Is the NBA right to use up hundreds of Covid tests? (10:40) Restart is going about as well as possible with regards to player safety (16:50) Kings get no respect (20:50) Kings' path to the playoffs (24:45) Four players test positive with four different results (25:50) The Marvin Bagley situation (26:40) Bullying in the NBA (34:50) Money doesn't make your skin thicker See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.