Last night was the premiere of Shaunie O’Neal’s much anticipated “Basketball Wives” on VH1. First and foremost, there are no wives on “Basketball Wives.” There aren’t even any fiancee’s on “Basketball Wives.”

“B. Wives” is the brainchild of O’Neal, who is best known as the scorned ex-wife and baby mama of Shaquille O’Neal. She is now a star in her own right after beating a playa at his own game. Shaunie thought it would make good TV if some of her other scorned and jilted ex-girlfriends of NBA stars told their stories.

Basically, Shaunie (center) has assembled a cast of ex-wives, ex-girlfriends and ex-jump offs of NBA stars. All except one has been dumped, jilted and cheated on by their NBA meal tickets and they see the show as their one final ticket to redemption.

My favorite cast members are Jennifer Williams (far left), ex-wife of NBA player Eric Williams, who is a successful real estate agent and owner of a women’s fitness center. I also like Evelyn Lozada (3rd from right) because she’s real and she wears her emotions on her sleeve.

Lozada is also a successful business woman who owns the upscale Dulce shoe boutique in Coral Gables and Dulceshoes.net.

Dwight Howard’s baby mama, Royce Reed (2nd from left), is cast as the bad girl of the bunch and I don’t like her already. The youngest cast member, Gloria Gowan (far right), 24, is the only one who is actually with an NBA player. She has 16-month-old twins with her fiance Matt Barnes.

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