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I’m always harping about how much I detest so-called “reality” TV shows. But “Basketball wives,” the brainchild of Shawuille O’neal’s estranged wife Shaunie, is one reality show that I will be tuning in to.
“Basketball wives” revolves around a group of mostly LSLH, bitter, ex-girlfriends, baby mamas, and estranged or divorced wives of NBA stars such as Dwight Howard and the aforementioned Shaq. The show already has a built in fanbase of messy groupies who know every intimate detail of these women’s lives — because their NBA men told it all. Oh yes, men gossip worse than women (who do you think I get most of my scoops from?)
The basketball wives include Royce Reed, a former dancer for the Orlando Magic who has a son with one of the team’s centers, Dwight Howard, Mesha O’Neal, wife of Miami Heat center Jermaine O’Neal, Evelyn Lozada (ex-fiancé of Antoine Walker) and Faith Rain (Udonis Haslem’s girlfriend). Source
“Basketball Wives” premieres Sunday, April 11, on VH1. I suspect this show will make the RHOA cast members look like nuns. I can’t wait!
Update:
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But Royce isn’t a wife and never will be as long as she’s tryin to drop it like it’s hot at Rapper’s parties!
Maybe I dont know what LSLH is because they all seem brown to me. And the hair is weave so its not theirs. If that is what LSLH is then I fall in that catagory. Who knew? lol I will definately try the show. It could make for good TV. Shaunie is a good business woman. Congrats to her.
WTF is this what BB players are “wifing” this looks like a ad for a bad escort service and dang them kids look like Shaq
They all look like former strippers
@ lexdiamonz Says:
WTF is this what BB players are “wifing” this looks like a ad for a bad escort service and dang them kids look like Shaq
Good grief! what the hell is that in the black mini dress?
What is the world is Shaunie doing with that group? They look messy as h*ll
BROWNSUGAPOET Says:
But Royce isn’t a wife and never will be as long as she’s tryin to drop it like it’s hot at Rapper’s parties!
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@Yvonne- *in my Austin Powers voice* ITS A MAN BABEE
Wow, Simply Fashion’s spring line ad
Good grief! what the hell is that in the black mini dress?
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her testes look like they bout to drop at any minute!
Why is girlfriends split all the way up to her cooch.
Tell me why all these females dressed up to out shine Shaunie who more than likely has the MOST money! “acting like a niccah that ain neva had shytttt”
You can tell who got LONG money and who don’t
So this is another show using the word wife very loosely?
WHY DIDN’T THEY CALL DOUG CHRISTIE’S WIFE???????
Good for Shaunie!I’ll probably tune in and see what this show about.
Why does the women with the leopard dress on look like she still has the security device from the store on her dress, did she boost it?
This seems to be what a lot of BW aspire to be these days or these groupies would not be famous.
Put Jason Kidd’s wife on there and you would have a show. I know she has a lot to get off her chest
Why it looks like Shauny is the Pimp and they her hoes???
Any way all of these women are not wives so they should have named the show “Basketball women/groupies/jumpoffs/ex-wives” staring one wife…
Anyway some of them look very masculine…
I will be watching this hot mess!
Shaunie obviously threw this together while they were in Miami as all those players are Heat affiliated? This ish right here…..gonna make me watch tv. I have so many questions…
Whose momma is wearing that leopard dress situtation? Should she be on Cougar Town?
Why you look like that Shaunie? Did you find out that Gloria Govan on the end of the picture is the sister of the woman Shaq and Gilbert been sharing? (Their mother must be so proud….)
How does Royce fit in? If she can’t speak his name, make any reference to him or use his likeness then what did she come for?
So the wives and girlfriends aren’t worried about the reality tv couples curse?
Uhm, Miss lady I’m all for a split in the dress but who authorized that one? Your legs are too long and that’s why we see your pelvis.
that thing in the black dress is scary….
Anna Says:
Why does the women with the leopard dress on look like she still has the security device from the store on her dress, did she boost it?
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ON THE NEXT EPSIODE OF TYRA “MEN WHO LOOK LIKE WOMEN TO BE WITH BBALL STARS”
They all have on cute shoes except for the Avatar in the boots
Missy – Why it looks like Shauny is the Pimp and they her hoes???
However, I will be watching this mess. Oh dear.
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kee2joy Says:
They all have on cute shoes except for the Avatar in the boots
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Holy shiat!! LMAO!!
LaTechGrad02 Says:
Wow, Simply Fashion’s spring line ad
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Brilliant!!! : rofl:
yvonne79 Says:
Good grief! what the hell is that in the black mini dress?
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LMFAO, Im just noticing her!
Wasn’t Shaunie on WW and said she had a shoe line coming out?
The shoes on the left in the group shot are HAWT!!
and kudos to the ladies for not getting their cellulite photoshopped.
This looks like some mess. I will not be watching. I am so tired of black women scheming and hoeing themselves out to be the wife of an athlete, but when the ish don’t work out…because of other “hoes”, they want to get pissy. YOU KNEW HE WAS TRIFLING WHEN YOU MET HIM! We must do better!
yvonne79 Says:
Good grief! what the hell is that in the black mini dress?
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Good heavens what is it for real
who sleep with that…I know they on the DL 
Nichelle has a pic of Shaunie w/the white dress on and some bad azz shoes.
yes she was Anna, I can’t wait to see what they look like. But watch they’ll be too expensive, maybe she’ll take a page from Shaq and make all her shoes 25.00!
JDWhitedst Says:
This looks like some mess. I will not be watching. I am so tired of black women scheming and hoeing themselves out to be the wife of an athlete, but when the ish don’t work out…because of other “hoes”, they want to get pissy. YOU KNEW HE WAS TRIFLING WHEN YOU MET HIM! We must do better!
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Amen. This is not the images we need to support. They either portray us as over educated, mean and manless or we are married and acting a fool. Enough of the designer obsessed, hoochie-dressing, loud-mouth, excessive, careless black wife. I would like to see the sistas that are actually MARRIED, about their family and handling their business in a dignified way.
yvonne79 Says:
Good grief! what the hell is that in the black mini dress?
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OMG I’m scared of it!!!
A bunch of Rollaz that happen to be wifed up by a NBA player.
They all managed to take their time to look so damn cheap.
@Anna Shaunies shoes in that pic are HAWT that is her pic from Essence
I can’t believe Shaunie took a pic w/ Gloria Govan, babymama of Gilbert Arenas.
Orignial- Amen. This is not the images we need to support. They either portray us as over educated, mean and manless or we are married and acting a fool. Enough of the designer obsessed, hoochie-dressing, loud-mouth, excessive, careless black wife. I would like to see the sistas that are actually MARRIED, about their family and handling their business in a dignified way.
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I would love to see something like this too. But nobody’s gonna watch because that’s not considered “good tv”. Pple want the drama and the sleaze, backstabbing, etc.
The names listed as the picture footnote don’t go witht he text statement. Apparently the creatures is named Susie Ketcham. We need to write an open letter to wheomever wifed her up…**Off to make google my friend**
@42 Laura was the one between Giolbert and Shaq? This is her sister….
What is Royce gonna talk about? Dwight was never really her boyfriend. She’s a jumpoff that got pregnant and thought he would take care of her for life. She needs to get a life of her own and stop using Dwight and their son for publicity.
SEVERAL of these…..”LADIES” look like they JUST got off the sex change operating table and ran to the photo shoot.
Grabbing some fabric from the garbage to clothe themselves on the way.
SMH.
@ Laura and Princess Smarty-Pants—–
I knew that lady looked familiar. GA’s babies momma…I got it now
@ Princess, Thanks for the info. There’s two goldiggers in the family. Who is Gloria’s man?
yvonne79 Says:
Good grief! what the hell is that in the black mini dress?
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IT’S A MAN MAURY!!!
missy Says:
yvonne79 Says:
Good grief! what the hell is that in the black mini dress?
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Good heavens what is it for real who sleep with that…I know they on the DL
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:lolol: I think sooo
I am sure that there is a horse somewhere in the world cold as HAYLE because it has no HAIR! They are wearing a lot of YAKI!
Old girl in the Leopard Dress either bought that dress hot or stole it and forgot the sensor tag! DAMN don’t you hate it when that happens? LOL
Quitta Says:
Orignial- Amen. This is not the images we need to support. They either portray us as over educated, mean and manless or we are married and acting a fool. Enough of the designer obsessed, hoochie-dressing, loud-mouth, excessive, careless black wife. I would like to see the sistas that are actually MARRIED, about their family and handling their business in a dignified way.
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I would love to see something like this too. But nobody’s gonna watch because that’s not considered “good tv”. Pple want the drama and the sleaze, backstabbing, etc.
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Right because even amongst us we love seeing us act a fool. That is why I let go of RHOA and I refused to watch anything with Frankie & Neffe again in this life. We complain about all of the terrible black images, but we continue to watch the train wretch. It’s a reason why BET is still on the air and successful and it ain’t just because of the white kids watching either.
Doesn’t Shaunie look like a madam in that group pic?
Good grief! what the hell is that in the black mini dress?
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Good heavens what is it for real who sleep with that…I know they on the DL
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Do they still call it the “DL” when it is as visible as the sun in the sky?
Whoever was taking “her” out in public wasn’t trying to hide a dayum thing.
I can’t wait to tune in 2 c what these heffas got in store.
geezy Says:
Old girl in the Leopard Dress either bought that dress hot or stole it and forgot the sensor tag! DAMN don’t you hate it when that happens? LOL
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@Man,I just dont care – Yep I agree with you
he isn’t on the Dl if he goes out in public with her/he/it/shim….
Y’all are really cuttin up today….
yeah their shoe game is on point except for the hussy in the boots, what was she thinking????
I will be watching cause I am nosey…..
Is it just me or does the picture look like one of the billboard ads for a strip club? The only thing funnier than an ignorant ghetto hoodrat is an ignorant ghetto hoodrat with money. Sandra, you are right this is going to be a huge hit, unless they edit the phuck out of it.
Original – Right because even amongst us we love seeing us act a fool. That is why I let go of RHOA and I refused to watch anything with Frankie & Neffe again in this life. We complain about all of the terrible black images, but we continue to watch the train wretch. It’s a reason why BET is still on the air and successful and it ain’t just because of the white kids watching either.
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I let go of BET a long time ago. Just overwhelmingly filled with stupid sh*t. That Frankie & Neffie, Tiny & Toya, I just can’t. Since BGC was wack to me this year, I’m thinking of letting that 1 go too. Same sh*t different girls.
That 2nd pic looks like a promo shot for RuPaul’s drag race.
IS THAT A SENSOR ON THAT GIRL’S DRESS?! WOW! I am so done.
They all have on cute shoes except for the Avatar in the boots
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The one in the boots looks like a crackhead prostitute. Why did Royce get a chair, is it because the other ladies look like line backers?
Where are the white girls? lol 85% of the NBA Players are with white girls.
Damn some of them women look rode hard and put away wet.
good morning
i haven’t read the comments yet, so maybe this has been addressed, but why is this called “Basketball Wives” if only one of them is actually a wife?? another real houswives huh?
And I thought Dwight Howard shut his baby momma up? What she gone talking about?
who is the hail married ole girl in the zipped up mini dress? she looka lika man
kee2joy Says:
They all have on cute shoes except for the Avatar in the boots
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But why Shaunie looks the best in this photo-shoot…. she sabotage all the girls dress,make-up and shoes and they had no choice but to look like that…..(That should be their excuse)
@RJK8
“Is it just me or does the picture look like one of the billboard ads for a strip club? The only thing funnier than an ignorant ghetto hoodrat is an ignorant ghetto hoodrat with money. Sandra, you are right this is going to be a huge hit, unless they edit the phuck out of it.”
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I was thinking a bill board for a tranny strip club. Royce is the only one that looks 100% genuine female.
Quitta Says:
I let go of BET a long time ago. Just overwhelmingly filled with stupid sh*t. That Frankie & Neffie, Tiny & Toya, I just can’t. Since BGC was wack to me this year, I’m thinking of letting that 1 go too. Same sh*t different girls.
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Yep. They darn near don’t even change the set because it’s all the same BS.
Geez this looks like it’s going to be simple as hail
No disrespect but two of them look like men.
rjk8 Says:
Where are the white girls? lol 85% of the NBA Players are with white girls.
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…. and this is true…
rjk8 Says:
Where are the white girls? lol 85% of the NBA Players are with white girls.
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You know they’re too Klassy for this. They’re all over on the Rock of Love Bus.
LMAO @ LaTech #75
Where are the white girls? lol 85% of the NBA Players are with white girls.
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yea where dem “White BIOTchesss” at??
honestly they all look like they could be on the RuPaul Drag Race..
The 2nd pic looks like the new fashion ad for Dots Spring Line of 2010.
Royce Reed will be getting sued, AGAIN, in 5, 4, 3, 2,…
Ole girl stole that dress from Forever 21, and forgot to remove the tag. Why wasn’t that photoshopped????
This is the first time I’ve ever seen a Gargoyle dressed in hooker attire. Seriously tho, doesn’t ole girl/boy/it look like the well known neighborhood crackhead/fiend, that leans forward while walking extra fast??????
I think at the end of every show Shaunie will give Gold Digging Tips.
@mirsmommy- This is the first time I’ve ever seen a Gargoyle dressed in hooker attire. Seriously tho, doesn’t ole girl/boy/it look like the well known neighborhood crackhead/fiend, that leans forward while walking extra fast??????
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@Mirsmommy ((waves))
Leans forward while walking extra fast.
that one slayed me!
Heyyyyy Missy and Yadda Yadda *waving back*
But don’t she?
Yall know bout them fiends that I mentioned. It’s always one fast walkin fiend in every hood. She’s usually missing at least the top front row of teeth. 
MirsMommy
I know exactly the one you mean. so sad the one I pictured was the mom of a friend when I was younger. smh, outside selling her sons clothes for rocks. damn shame.
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How can you even tell who is who except for Shaunie and Royce since the caption of the names in the pictures doesn’t match who they’re saying will be on the show. I want to see Jermaine ONeals wife (I use to have a mad crush one him #dontjudgeme).
Other than some of them having poor taste in clothing, I only see one of them (the one the looks like Jason Kidd’s ex wife) that’s looking trannyish.
I can’t remember names but are some of yall on here that are bashing the above ladies some of the same ones that was cosigning Rick Ross’s BM for whoring herself out to 50?
I cain’t. I just….*sigh* SMH.
@mirs-I think everyone does know one of them
Man, I just don’t care™ Says:
I think at the end of every show Shaunie will give Gold Digging Tips.
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Of course she will, but in a classy suble way.
BROWNSUGAPOET Says:
WHY DIDN’T THEY CALL DOUG CHRISTIE’S WIFE???????
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She would have whipped a hoes azzzzzez..
No but really I don’t think she would have had much patience for most of them.. I will tune it cause I like Shaunie.
‘Avatar in boots’………..PRICELESS!!!
@ANNA
“I think at the end of every show Shaunie will give Gold Digging Tips.
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Of course she will, but in a classy suble way. ”
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LOL. Yup.
Have a list of the best States to file for Divorce. Exactly what a wife and baby mama is entitled to and chit like that.
SMH.
Yadda Yadda Says:
MirsMommy
I know exactly the one you mean. so sad the one I pictured was the mom of a friend when I was younger. smh, outside selling her sons clothes for rocks. damn shame.
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We used to call the one in my hood, “Fish Face” cuz if you got a side-view of her face, it had the features of a goldfish.
why is…NEVERMIND. i can’t do it. don’t have the energy today. SMH
every baller associated with these chicks need to be ashamed of themselves. i mean, is this the BEST y’all can do with y’all millions? you can get this on the strip for far less.
Why am I only seeing one female out this whole picture??
I like Evelyn’s shoes
Princess Smarty-Pants Says:
and kudos to the ladies for not getting their cellulite photoshopped.
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don’t forget that big @$$ varicose vein on the back of Shaunie’s thigh. she coulda put some dermablend or something on it.
well, nothing left for me to say…yall have said it all and then some.
Dwight Howard had his high priced lawyers put the muzzle of Anne Frank on his baby momma Royce. The courts forbade her from speaking his name or even inferring who her baby daddy is. It will be interesting to see how she and VH1 gets around this.
Doug Christie and his wife will probably come on and give them all a tutorial on how to effectively control your man and stick to him like glue so no one else can get to him.
That must just be a bad pic of them because Evelyn’s pic is pretty.
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Not until you PROFESSIONALS spell check. This is how you represent your customers. No spaces and errors in the email. You can’t even spell your own franchise correct.
Evelyn looks a little like Zoe Saldana….She has some cute shoes in her store but that still doesn’t take the fact that her dress looks stolen…
But she does look better….
They all look old, haggard, and worn out. As my grandma would say…Just cause it’s good to you (money, living high on the hog, etc) doesn’t mean it’s good for ya…
*The one whose camp contacted Sandra looks a little “Leyomi-ish” in the face (like a drag queen…just a little.)
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“see daddy sinners have souls too”
RIP BROWNSUGA! *pours out some grey goose*
Krysi J (smdh)
@ Krysi J
@ Krysi J…….DEAD!!
I will have my popcorn and wine ready!!!!! Yes Ma’am!!! I do love the pictures of Shaunie and the family. I wish her well.
Krysi J
kRYSI THANKS FOR THE EARLY DEATH… I JUST PASSED OUT AND DON’T HAVE A PULSE!!!
I just spit apple juice everywhere! Thanks Krysi