The NBA is where the best basketball players in the world play, so it is not surprising that these players can also conquer the hearts of the most beautiful women. Here are the most stunning NBA women and girlfriends.
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Nicole “Hoopz” Alexander and Shaquille O’Neal.
If you watched Flavor of Love more than a decade ago, you might think these women were crazy for wanting to marry Flavor Flav, but really they just wanted to get on TV. Nicole “Hoopz” Alexander was one of those women who found success on other reality TV shows like I Love Money. Shaquille O’Neal had just finalized his divorce from his first wife in 2010 and started a relationship with Alexander soon after. Unfortunately, this relationship did not last and they separated in 2012.
Ayesha and Steph Curry
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As much as NBA stars are expected to be into movie stars or models, Steph Curry is another NBA star who married his high school sweetheart Ayesha. Although she was born in Canada, she later moved with her family to North Carolina, which also happens to be Curry’s home state. The two met at a youth group before reconnecting during his time as a college player. They married in 2011, and since then Ayesha has hosted a cooking show on Food Network.
Ayesha and Steph Curry
Kayla and Isaiah Thomas
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Isaiah Thomas is an NBA point guard and two-time NBA All-Star, despite being only 6’4″ – his accomplishments are all the more impressive because most players tower over him. Perhaps, like some of the other couples on this list, the Washington Wizards star player’s continued success is due to the fact that he and his wife Kayla dated for years before they married. They met in high school, and by the time they tied the knot, they already had two children.
Even more than Nicole, Shaq’s great love was Shaunie, to whom he was married from 2002 until their divorce in 2009. She is also one of the executive producers of Basketball Wives and the mother of four of Shaq’s children. Each of them has another child from a previous relationship. Despite rumors in the summer of 2019 that Shaq was flirting with her and trying to get back together, Shaunie dismissed those reports and confirmed that they would remain joint parents and friends.
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Savannah Brinson James and LeBron James.
As famous as LeBron James is, he managed to keep his relationship with Savannah Brinson as far away from the public eye as he could. When they first met, she apparently refused to give him his number! Instead, she decided to take his number, and they ended up going on their first date to Outback Steakhouse. That was back in high school, and the couple has stayed together ever since, getting married in 2013 and having three children.
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Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom (and Tristan Thompson).
Khloe Kardashian has been dating not one, but two NBA players: Tristan Thompson and Lamar Odom. She married Odom in 2009 after dating him for only a month! They met at a party thrown by Metta World Peace, a teammate of Odom’s. They divorced in 2016, but Khloe started dating Thompson soon after. She gave birth to a daughter, True Thompson, but they split after it came out that he had cheated on her with half-sister Kylie’s best friend, Jordyn Woods.
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Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade
Gabrielle Union is known from teen movies, starting with 1999’s She’s All That and 10 Things I Hate About You. Later, in 2000, she had her breakthrough role as Isis in Bring It On and hasn’t looked back since. In 2009 she started dating Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat, nine years her junior, and married him in 2014. Although after two decades in Hollywood she probably doesn’t have to work anymore and is married to one of the top players in the NBA, she is still active as an actress.
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Gloria Govan and Matt Barnes (and Derek Fisher).
Gloria Govan rose to television fame after marrying Matt Barnes, then of the Los Angeles Lakers, when she was featured on the show Basketball Wives LA. In 2016, they split amid rumors that Govan cheated on her husband with ex-teammate Derek Fisher. She recently filed a lawsuit against Barnes, claiming he defamed her by accusing her of stealing money from him during their marriage.
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Larry Bird and Dinah Mattingly
Larry Bird, considered one of the greatest players of all time, has been through it all on the basketball court. The legendary Boston Celtics player, the “hick from French Lick,” was also successful in his personal life, marrying Dinah Mattingly in 1989. Together, the couple adopted two children, Mariah and Conner. Apart from that, there is not too much information about Bird’s marriage with Dinah, but it seems that they are still together.
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Amelia Vega and Al Horford
Amelia Vega won the title of Miss Dominican Republic in 2002, which she crowned the following year with the title of Miss Universe. Since then she has dabbled in music and acting, but most importantly she met fellow Dominican and five-time NBA All-Star Al Horford. At the time, he played for the Atlanta Hawks, but he still plays for the Dominican Republic in international games. They married in 2011, have three children together and moved to New England when Horford joined the Boston Celtics.
