NBA Wives and Girlfriends: The Five Most Famous WAGs
More than any other professional sport, the NBA has star power. Not only the guys on the court, but the first few rows at games, especially in New York and Los Angeles, are a constellation of the biggest stars in show business.
In the last few years, those posh courtside seats have been warmed by some of the most famous NBA wives and girlfriends there have ever been. All of the following lovely ladies were-and are-far more rich and famous than their ball-playing husbands and boyfriends will ever be.
The list is soaked with so much celebrity that names like Khloe Kardashian (Lamar Odom), Vanessa Williams (Rick Fox), Carmen Electra (Dennis Rodman) and Tyra Banks (Chris Webber) are on the cutting room floor.
Here then are the top five most famous NBA wives and girlfriends of all time.
5. Eva Longoria (Tony Parker, San Antonio Spurs)
The former Desperate Housewife was one of the most famous actresses on television when she and Parker were married in 2007 in Paris. Three years later, the NBA's signature power couple filed for divorce. Longoria later revealed that she found hundreds of texts to another woman on Parker's phone.
4. Maria Sharapova (Sasha Vujecic, Los Angeles Lakers)
The long-legged tennis star is known around the globe. He was virtually anonymous in Los Angeles, where he played for the Lakers. After dating for nearly three years, Vujecic proposed to Sharapova in 2010 but the two never made it down the aisle. In 2012, Sharapova finally revealed they broke it off. She is still wildly popular. He plays in Istanbul now.
3. Iggy Azalea (Nick Young, Los Angeles Lakers)
She is one of the biggest names in music right now. The Grammy-nominated rapper recently made headlines for a spat with Papa John's when a pizza dude leaked her personal phone number. The massively popular Azalea first connected with Young, a hot young star for the Lakers, on Twitter of all places. The couple remains active on social media. Just this week, Azalea told the world Young was almost killed by a dolphin.
2. Rihanna (J.R. Smith, New York Knicks)
In 2012, it was reported that the superstar singer was posting up with Smith, a clownish NBA headcase who has been suspended for untying the shoes of opponents. Rihanna has more celebrity in her pinkie toe than the former Sixth Man of the Year could ever muster. It did not end well. By 2014, Rihanna and Smith were openly fighting on social media with their brief relationship way over.
1. Kim Kardashain (Kris Humpries, New Jersey Nets)
Well before she broke the internet and appeared in a Super Bowl commercial, Kardashian was just a really popular reality TV star. But look at her now: Mega star. Mrs. Kanye West. Kardashian has 28.8 million Twitter followers, more than twice what the entire NBA has. Humpries? Less than a million. Kim and Kris carried on one of the most bizarre-and short-lived-NBA romances. The two were married for 72 days before filing for divorce.
