Baxter Holmes
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Oct 5, 2026
Matt SpiegelHOST
It was like, "Oh, man, we got a thing now."
Laurence HolmesHOST
So look, it was a couple years ago, Baxter Holmes, no relation-
Matt SpiegelHOST
[laughs]
Laurence HolmesHOST
... did a whole story about the peanut butter and jelly revolution in the NBA.
T-BagPANELIST
I just wanna say Ole Miss fans, a Ole Miss fan, was chiming in on our social media post yesterday.
SpinozziHOST
There was this one guy, and I wanna tell you about it.
T-BagPANELIST
Same size as T-Bag.
SpinozziHOST
[laughs] You, it's okay to say me.
SpinozziHOST
[laughs] Now, I thought you were gonna say, "I was in the grocery store last night, and a dude came two aisles over and was like, 'T-Bag, you've never been more right in your life.'"
T-BagPANELIST
That would've been-
SpinozziHOST
It can't just be one guy on social media.
T-BagPANELIST
Nope.
Jason ConcepcionGUEST
Let him keep going," and now it's a problem.
Howard BeckHOST
The NBA has a habit of reacting when other entities report out this stuff, right? Like, Robert Sarver's fine until Baxter Holmes exposes him for being a complete creep, and then we gotta chase him out of the league.
Howard BeckHOST
Like, nothing happens until somebody else figures it out.
Howard BeckHOST
The NBA knows what's going on, and they're just kinda like, "As long as nobody finds out, we're good."
Gerald GlasfordHOST
the ESPN reporters is what I wouldn't do right now.
Gerald GlasfordHOST
Baxter Holmes, Ramona Shelburne, a couple other reporters that were involved in that August 17th story.
Gerald GlasfordHOST
I would not.
Gerald GlasfordHOST
Shams, I would kind of – I've told you before I've seen Shams live, and he's bumped into me while he's been networking because he worked so hard.
Anthony IrwinHOST
[laughs] All right, the next question here that we, uh, that we come from here, uh, actually on the subject, MadGreek21 asks: "Did the ESPN article in August that claimed that the Clippers were innocent change your perspective on Ramona as a journalist?" Ramona Shelburne as a journalist.
Anthony IrwinHOST
I, her and Baxter for that matter, and Don Van Natta Jr.
Anthony IrwinHOST
Like, they're ha- I, I was always kind of skeptical of, of Shams 'cause I, I just think he's kind of shameless on, on some of the stuff.
Anthony IrwinHOST
Ramona, like, look, I've, I've never spoken to Ramona personally.
Anthony IrwinHOST
Um, I, I haven't heard anything about her as a person.
Anthony IrwinHOST
I was friendly for a little while with, with Baxter Holmes, he was really nice to me early on in my career, um, when he was on the Lakers beat and when I was, like, starting out and covering the Lakers.
Anthony IrwinHOST
Um, we have kind of lost touch because he's obviously no longer on that, on that beat.
Anthony IrwinHOST
And I have no respe- no relationship whatsoever with Don Van Natta Jr.
Anthony IrwinHOST
[laughs] All right, the next question here that we, uh, that we come from here, uh, uh, actually on the subject, MadGreek21 asks: Did the ESPN article in August that claimed that the Clippers were innocent change your perspective on Ramona as a journalist? Ramona Shelburne as a journalist.
Anthony IrwinHOST
I- her and Baxter for that matter, and Don Van Natta Jr.
Anthony IrwinHOST
Like, they're ha- I, I was always kind of skeptical of, of Shams 'cause I, I just think he's kind of shameless on, on some of the stuff.
Anthony IrwinHOST
Ramona, like, look, I've, I've never spoken to Ramona personally.
Anthony IrwinHOST
Um, I, I haven't heard anything about her as a person.
Anthony IrwinHOST
I was friendly for a little while with, with Baxter Holmes, who was really nice to me early on in my career, um, when he was on the Lakers beat and when I was, like, starting out and covering the Lakers.
Anthony IrwinHOST
Um, we have kind of lost touch because he's obviously no longer on that, on that beat, and I have no respec- no relationship whatsoever with Don Van Natta Jr.
Anthony IrwinHOST
So, like, zero experience or, or background on that guy.
Dan Le BatardHOST
Uh, Zaz, you wanna get people caught up here on what it is that happened with Don Van Natta? Because I don't want my biases to show on something here, but I do have opinions on something that just happened here.
Jonathan ZaslowPANELIST
So interestingly enough, I, I mentioned a couple days ago, I'm, I'm- Well, number one, when the punishment came down on the Clippers, one of the first things that a lot of people, not just me, thought was, "Man, how did that ESPN story get it so wrong? These are great reporters," Don Van Natta, Ramona Shelburne, uh, Baxter Holmes.
Jonathan ZaslowPANELIST
And then even just a couple days ago, I was like, "Man, it's kinda odd that we haven't heard from anyone," right? And finally yesterday, Don Van Natta, he, there are some quotes from him from, uh, Puck's The Varsity.
Jonathan ZaslowPANELIST
And there are some quotes from Don Van Natta where-
Anthony IrwinHOST
All right, uh, let's go ahead and, and dive into another kind of ambiguous response to, um, a weird story, and that is ESPN.
Anthony IrwinHOST
Um, now remember, ESPN releases an article, uh, that was written by Don Van Natta Jr., Baxter Holmes, Ramona Shelburne, and originally Shams Charania.
Anthony IrwinHOST
Um, Shams was on, y- he was in the tweet that Baxter Holmes sent, um, when they released that article.
Anthony IrwinHOST
And, um, I, it looks like ESPN removed Shams' byline from that article, right? So obviously what happens right after that article, which the headline was something along the lines of, uh, "NBA finds no, um, evidence of, of cap circumvention by the Clippers," and they were, you know, the article went through lengths and lengths and lengths to explain why the Clippers were getting ready to get off scotch-free.
Anthony IrwinHOST
The NBA then immediately releases a statement refuting a lot of that article.
Adam AuslundHOST
One you get back for saying you won't sue the NBA.
Adam AuslundHOST
Is that something Adam Silver would even be interested in? You would think he'd want this whole thing to go away, since it made the NBA look bad that it took this long to begin with, and if it gets stretched out more and furthers into 2027, which was one of the initial maybe Baxter Holmes reports.
Adam AuslundHOST
Do we have to discard that now? That was something that was out there, either from ESPN or The Athletic.
Adam AuslundHOST
2027, this could go longer.
Hayes DavenportHOST
And is really ESPN's premier investigative journalist on their staff.
Hayes DavenportHOST
Baxter Holmes, second byline, based in LA.
Hayes DavenportHOST
He's an NBA reporter, another really big name.
Hayes DavenportHOST
He wrote a story about Robert Sarver, the owner of the Phoenix Suns at the time, that led to Sarver getting a one-year suspension himself for a range of workplace behavior violations and culminated in him having to sell the team.
Hayes DavenportHOST
So that was all from this really explosive Baxter Holmes story.
Hayes DavenportHOST
And then the third is Ramona Shelburne, who is definitely the biggest of the three names.
Hayes DavenportHOST
She's also based in L.A., covers the NBA, but mostly known for Lakers basketball coverage.
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