Basketball Wives

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Basketball Wives is an American reality television series that premiered April 11, 2010 on VH1. It chronicles the lives of a group of women who are the wives and girlfriends, or have been romantically linked to, professional basketball players in the National Basketball Association, though the title of the series does not make this differentiation, solely referring to the women as "wives". For the first five seasons, the show was filmed in Miami, Florida, and beginning with season four, partially in New York City.

Basketball Wives spawned a Los Angeles-based spinoff, Basketball Wives LA, which premiered in 2011. VH1 announced the original series would return after a five-year hiatus with its sixth season premiered on April 17, 2017. The setting of the show has relocated to Los Angeles, effectively combining the casts of the original series and Basketball Wives LA. On April 16, 2018, VH1 announced the show's return for a seventh season to premiere on May 14, 2018.

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Development

Basketball Wives debuted on April 11, 2010, with thirty-minute episodes. The second season premiered on December 12, 2010, with expanded sixty-minute episodes and featured new cast member Tami Roman. Season 3 made its debut on May 30, 2011, with new cast member Meeka Claxton. The fourth season premiered on February 20, 2012, with two new cast members, Kenya Bell and Kesha Nichols and the departure of Claxton. The fifth season premiered on August 19, 2013, with Tasha Marbury joining the cast. According to a tweet from Tami Roman after the fifth season, the show has been quietly though officially canceled at that time.

On March 27, 2017, VH1 announced on April 17 that the series would be returning after nearly four years off-air, with Evelyn Lozada, Shaunie O'Neal, Tami Roman, Jackie Christie and Malaysia Pargo returning to the franchise. Keonna Green, Bonnie-Jill Laflin, Cristen Metoyer and Aja Metoyer joined the cast as recurring cast members. Brandi Maxiell, Elena Ahanzadeh and Saniy'yah Samaa also joined the series as recurring cast members. Hazel Renee joined the series as a recurring cast member halfway through filming the sixth season, as well as Jennifer Williams, who was a cast member on the show from seasons 1-4.

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Series synopsis

Overview and casting

The series would star Former Dancer Royce Reed, Suzie Ketcham ex-wife of Michael Olowokandi, Gloria Govan ex-wife of Matt Barnes, Jennifer Williams ex-wife of Eric Williams, Evelyn Lozada ex-fiancée of Antoine Walker, and Shaunie O'Neal ex-wife of Shaquille O'Neal. As well as Erika Moxam joining the supporting cast.

All cast members returned for a second season, with Tami Roman, ex-wife of Kenny Anderson. With the demotion of Govan to the supporting cast alongside Ashley Walker, Juli Richmond and Kim Russell

All main cast members from the previous season returned for a third season. With Meeka Claxton ex-wife of Speedy Claxton added to the main cast. Eric Williams is promoted to supporting cast member

With the exception of Claxton, all main cast members from the previous season returned for season four, including Kesha Nichols and Kenya Bell.

The cast underwent a major cast change for the first time in the show's history for season five, with only Ketcham, Roman, Lozada and O'Neal returning from last season's main cast. They were joined by Tasha Marbury, wife of Stephon Marbury. Bell was demoted to the supporting cast.

The cast underwent a major cast change for the second time in the show's history for season six, with only Roman, Lozada and O'Neal returning from previous season's main cast. They were joined by Jackie Christie wife of Doug Christie and Malaysia Pargo ex-wife of Jannero Pargo. With Bonnie-Jill Laflin first and only female scout, Sisters Aja and Christen Metoyer, Keonna Green girlfriend of Nick Young, Elena Ahanzadeh, Brandi Maxiell wife of Jason Maxiell, Saniy'yah Samaa celebrity stylist, Hazel Renee, and former main cast member Jennifer Williams as supporting cast members.