Kings: Discussing coronavirus with Ricardo Pratesi, Italian sports writer on lockdown

On the latest edition of the Purple Talk Podcast, James Ham is joined by Riccardo Pratesi, a long time NBA writer from Italy. Pratesi, like the rest of Italy, has been under home lock down for over a week due to the coronavirus. (1:35) Pratesi under lock down (5:55) How much outside contact are people in Italy having? (8:18) The latest numbers from Italy (12:05) Supplies running low, just like in the US (13:05) Shortage of tests (16:50) Impact on the Italian economy (20:20) Are hospitals prepared? (21:20) Health care in Italy (22:18) His experience being tested and the words from nurses testing him (26:38) Kevin Durant tests positive (27:45) What does the NBA mean to the world? (30:20) What he missed the most about the US 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.