If you’re searching for a faithful man, it is strongly advised to stay one step away from basketball players. Over the years the media has been flooded with cases of NBA players cheating their wives. From the look of it, it feels as if NBA stars are born to have a rowdy behavior. Spending money, living in luxury and dating different girls is a common trend followed by almost all players. Since NBA players are always in the spotlight, all personal matters are shown by the media for everyone to see.
NBA Players Cheat on Wives
Some wives left their cheating husbands after taking millions of dollars from them. While others have just been there for their personal benefits of gaining fame. Some wives have even permitted their husbands to go and enjoy their lives hoping that a day will come when they return understanding how unfaithful they have been. Take a look at the Eight NBA players who cheated on their wives:
1. Paul George
Paul George was married to Callie Rivers who is the daughter of the head coach of LA Clippers. Wondering how he got caught? Paul was found on a boat sleeping with a stripper. The matter got severe when it was discovered that the stripper is pregnant because Paul didn’t use any protection that night. He tried to close the case by offering her a million dollars to abort the child. However, she refused the offer. Even after the birth of his daughter, he was dating someone else.
2. Raymond Felton
Raymond married a law school student studying in New York City named Ariane Raymondo. However, he also fell for other girls, and within only 19 months of their marriage, they got into a massive fight on Valentine’s Day due to his affairs with other women. Soon after that, she filed for divorce, but she didn’t leave without some payback. During their separation, she turned in Raymond’s semi-automatic gun stating that he threatened to harm her with it. After proper investigation, Felton turned himself in. Looks like marrying a law student wasn’t such a good decision after all!
3. Dwyane Wade
In Dwyane’s case, it’s clear that his wife Gabrielle Union didn’t leave him even after finding out about his affair with Aja Metoyer. Due to this affair, Aja gave birth to a boy named Xavier after which his mother wrote a letter to the Union stating all the deep down secrets about the hidden relation with her husband. The surprising part is that even after finding out she didn’t part her way. She is still living with him but refuses to consider Xavier one of Dwyane’s sons. No one knows the reason behind her decision, is it pure love or perks of living with a star!
4. Lamar Odom
Acting like being the ‘born to be together type’ couple Lamar Odom and his wife Khloe Kardashian always had something cooking between them which they didn’t want others to know about. She admitted it recently that Odom cheated on her and she was just covering up for him. Why? so that her parents didn’t find out about it. She even hired a private investigator to find out precisely what Lamar was up to and came to the conclusion that he had cheated her with having relations with five other women. No wonder he is called her ex now!
5. Kobe Bryant
Kobe and Vanessa are a couple who have been on and off from marriage. After Kobe was charged with sexual assault in 2003 everyone expected that Vanessa would leave him. She didn’t do as was expected that year, but eventually got fed up with the rumors about Kobe’s affairs and filed for divorce in 2011. She was granted a mansion, millions of dollars and agreed to share custody of both daughters. However, they couldn’t live apart for long and decided to come together once again. They also gave the world good news by giving birth to their third daughter, Bianka.
6. LeBron James
A player who is shown as one of the best basketball players of all time has also been associated with having affairs with girls. Even though he got married to his high school love, Savannah Brinson, after dating her for 13 years people are still waiting to hear about his relations with other girls. We will just have to wait and watch out for further rumors of his actions.
7. Michael Jordan
NBA all-star legend, MJ, was always a wealthy man and has been in the limelight several times for having affairs with different women. It has been reported that MJ also offered $5 million to Karla Knafel to keep her mouth shut about their relationship after retiring. Another high profile case which came to notice was when Pamela Smith claimed that MJ was the father of her son Taj. After taking the case to court it was proven that he wasn’t the father, but they did share the bed a few times. His wife, Juanita Vanoy, who was with him for 17 years just couldn’t take it anymore and filed for divorce. It was known to be the most expensive divorce in the history of the sports industry as she took home a whopping amount of $168 million. Was it worth the 17 years she lived with him?
8. Andrei Kirilenko
Andrei Kirilenko’s wife, Masha Kirilenko, is a woman with a big heart. Someone who is familiar with the habits and living standards of basketball stars since her father was also one, permitted her husband to share the bed with another woman once in a while. Wondering why? According to her, it’s human nature to run after things which are forbidden. That’s why she has allowed her husband to enjoy with another woman once a year so that he doesn’t think about doing it on his own. So far the trick seems to have worked as they have been together for the past 16 years and seem to be happy together as always. Strange, but True!
To tell you the truth these are just handpicked Basketball players who have cheated their life partners. If I start taking every name, it may take me my whole life!
7 Basketball Players Who Got Cheated On
The stories do not end here, these basketball players have been someone who broke their partner’s trust and cheated on them. On the other hand, some players got cheated by their partners. This world is unfair, you never know who to trust and who not to. In one part of the world, people are cheating on their partners whereas, in the other part, they get cheated on.
Following are some famously known basketball players who have got heartbroken because their partners cheated on them.
1. Steve Nash
Steve Nash is the name not unknown to anyone, people know him for his extraordinary basketball playing skills and adore him for that. However, when we talk about his personal life, he has seen some major downfalls. His beloved partner Alejandra Nash, cheated on him with her then boyfriend and left him all heartbroken. Steve Nash is a two-time NBA MVP; his wife was pregnant with the baby while they were still married. However, the speculations say that the baby might not be his, nevertheless, we are still not sure about the father of the baby yet.
Rumors say his ex-wife was cheating with his teammate very well known as Jason Richardson. The couple separated their ways five years after their wedding and the only statement that he gave was he was upset for whatever happened and does not want to talk about it any more.
2. Matt Barnes
No matter where Matt Barnes is, controversies always find their way to him whether it is related to his professional life or personal life. When it comes to his marital life it has been rumored that the duo has been facing some personal issues as his wife cheated on him with one of his partners. Apart from it, the man he was in a relationship with cheated on her too.
On their separation, Matt Barnes gave a report where he said he wishes her ex-wife all the best and only wants the best for her. However, the reason for separation was pure because she had an affair with one of his former friends.
3. Pau Gasol
This pretty basketball who has been a heartthrob and crush of many women out there got heartbroken when he came to know about his girlfriend cheating on him. It’s pretty common for the NBA players to go off guard during their match season to focus on more important things. However, things were different in 2011 when Shannon Brown had to take over Twitter in order to make things clear that he did not sleep with Pau Gasol’s girlfriend.
Gasol had been through various ups and downs during his basketball career but after this news, he saw a major hit in his career and was down for quite a long time. So, it’s true, your personal life does have an impact on your career.
4. Jason Kidd
It is impossible to see men and women with the apparently perfect family cheating on their partners. I mean who do we trust anymore? Jason Kidd’s ex-wife Joumana Kidd, stated her husband cheated on her and was physically abusive as well. Later her son proved these cheating allegations as well. However, far much later it was revealed that Jason Kidd was also cheated on in the early stage of his career. Given how big of a bad boy he has always been, it would not be wrong to say he totally deserved it.
5. Brent Barry
The perfect duo broke up when the rumor of his wife sleeping with Parker sparked up the media all over the world. It breaks your heart when you see such perfect families breaking up because of the cheating allegations, and you wonder if true love and loyalty are even a thing today? Well, it is, you just need to get lucky for it. Nevertheless, the rumors say Parker and Longoria, a perfect couple that everybody adored broke up because Longoria decided to sleep with Lance Amstrong, and in a result to take revenge Parker slept with Brent Barry’s wife. It is the long circle where everybody cheated on their partners and in the end, Brent Barry had to take the grunt of everyone. Nevertheless, the bottom line is, the couple broke up right after the rumors spread out.
6. Tim Duncan
The man is the perfect basketball player, and not only that he has always been the kindest and the nicest boy you would see in the court. He is one of those kind guys that would just get cheated on. The fact that he does not have that cool dude aura is not the reason enough to cheat on him. However, the cute yet kind guy still got cheated on and was married for 12 years before the couple split up. The couple share 2 beautiful children and yet got cheated on. The reports say he did not care much about it because apparently, he did not want to disclose, he was bi-sexual.
7. Pippen
Scottie Pippen’s wife is a total hotshot, everybody who has seen her knows how pretty and gorgeous this woman is. No wonder Scottie Pippen was seen overshadowing all his love for her. However, not all glitters are gold, this pretty woman ended up cheating on her husband with a well-known rapper Future of their time. Scottie Pippen is known for his kindest nature in the court and is one of the best players of the NBA. He brings his luck to the court and wins most of the matches however his luck did not really work in his personal life and his wife ended up cheating on him.
The couple is back together and is working on their relationship but it shows that Future is still not over her as he is seen commenting on one of the Younan pictures with “forever” followed by a heart emoji. So, it would not be wrong to say that love is still in the air for him.
Wrapping up!
Finding love is not easy in this world and for the ones who have actually found it, it is impossible for them to retain it. These basketball players appear to have a pretty flashy life but things in their personal lives are not always as shiny as they seem to be.
