Baxter Holmes is a senior NBA writer for ESPN who's focused on in-depth feature reporting. He's also worked as a beat reporter for the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics.

We talk about his stories that dig into the human and personal side of NBA life, including the league's obsession with PB&J sandwiches, a coaching legend's use of wine to forge a winning culture and how youth basketball may be dooming our players.

Baxter also reveals a side of Kobe Bryant you may not know and how an LA food writer became so influential to him.