Serial cheater Lakers! Sex-addict Spurs! And all-out brawls over…Toni Braxton!? It's game over
when baller buddies turn bad! These are the sports star love triangles that nobody was ready for!
Matt Barnes and Derek Fisher played on the Los Angeles Lakers together from 2010 to
2012. But their close friendship quickly turned sour when Barnes found out that his ex-wife
and mother of his two children, Gloria Govan,
had gotten together with Fisher before her divorce with Barnes was finalized.
According to People, Barnes and Govan got married in 2013, but split nearly two years
later. Govan quickly moved on, and in 2015, she started dating Fisher, who was coaching
the New York Knicks. But things got ugly fast. That same year, ESPN reported on a physical
altercation between the two athletes at Govan's home. And as Barnes described it to VladTV,
"I see Derek with his arm around Gloria, so I just fired on him. Stuck him."
Barnes then went on an Instagram rant, posting,
"Stuck in the 'triangle offense' with my ex & snitch, I mean former teammate & friend.
Who went behind my back, messed with my ex, got caught, got dealt w for being a snake."
In 2018, Govan and Fisher announced their engagement,
and Barnes took it surprisingly well. Claiming the one with the real issue was Barnes,
Fisher opened up about the fracture between him and his former teammate, telling Fox Sports,
"I didn't view it as a code, unwritten code thing. I don't view life in that way."
Fisher and Govan tied the knot in 2021. But while things have cooled off between
the former Laker stars, Govan and Barnes' girlfriend, Anansa Sims,
are sparking new feuds on social media and keeping the drama alive.
Former San Antonio Spurs star player, Tony Parker, had it all; the Spurs won the 2007
NBA Championship against Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavs, and he was set to marry
"Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria. A fairytale come to life. Well, almost.
The couple tied the knot in Paris in July 2007, but their blissful romance ended abruptly in
2010 when Longoria announced on Twitter that she and Parker were divorcing. But news soon spread
that Parker had in fact cheated on Longoria with his teammate Brent Barry's wife, Erin.
Longoria reportedly found several text exchanges between Parker and a woman who
was believed to be Erin, but as the New York Post reported, the affair never got physical.
Barry had also filed for divorce around the same time, according to People,
having been married since 1998. Longoria later recalled to Amanda de Cadenet,
"It wasn't about who he chose, or what.
I mean, I had moments of, 'Okay, I'm not sexy enough? I'm not pretty enough?'"
Parker later married French journalist Axelle Francine in 2014, but they were done by 2020.
Longoria went on to marry millionaire TV exec José Bastón in 2016 and the couple share a son,
as well as Bastón's three kids from a previous marriage.
Former NBA star Dwyane Wade and actor Gabrielle Union have traveled a difficult road together.
While love is a two way street, the situation was originally made complicated when Wade
cheated on Union and went on to father a son with "Basketball Wives" star Aja Metoyer.
According to Entertainment Tonight, Wade and Union had been together since 2008,
but they took a brief break in 2013, during which time he welcomed his son, Xavier,
with Metoyer. But despite the highly publicized dalliance,
Union was set on taking Wade back. The two got married in 2014 and have been together ever since.
"If we found ourselves back to each other,
then it's meant — then, like, we're meant to get back to each other."
Union addressed her husband's infidelity in her 2021 book,
"You Got Anything Stronger," where she shared that the surprise pregnancy was a deep cut,
considering she was struggling to have a baby herself. She wrote,
"The experience of Dwyane having a baby so easily while I was unable to left my soul not just broken
into pieces, but shattered into fine dust and scattering in the wind. But I loved him. Each day,
he had worked to be forgiven, and I had chosen to love him and forgive him."
The couple later welcomed their daughter via surrogate in 2018. But in his ESPN documentary,
"D. Wade: Life Unexpected," the former NBA star revealed not being able to eat
or sleep before telling Union about his baby with Metoyer.
"Me and Gab just went through something that you never want to go through
and we still came out of it."
NBA stars Jason Kidd, Jamal Mashburn, and Jim Jackson appeared to bring the Dallas
Mavericks back to life in the mid-'90s. The trio even had a nickname; "the three J's,"
according to The Dallas Morning News. But tension grew among them — especially between
Kidd and Jackson — with rumors that it was all because of one iconic lady: Toni Braxton.
At the time, Braxton was already an R&B superstar. She had released her debut studio album in 1993,
featuring her hits, "You Mean the World to Me" and "Breathe Again," as well as her sophomore album,
"Secrets." That was the one that showcased her knockout track, "Un-Break My Heart."
So, were these two NBA stars really vying for her attention? According to CBS News,
it sure looked that way after Braxton originally met Kidd in Atlanta, but then left with Jackson.
Kidd insisted that either he or Jackson be traded, and by 1996, Kidd was traded to the Phoenix Suns,
while Jackson would be traded to the New Jersey Nets the following year.
The Mavs also parted ways with Mashburn that same year, and he was traded to the Miami Heat.
"I remember feeling torn about it."
Mashburn later spoke about the rumors that caused all three players to be let go from
the Mavs franchise, explaining to a local radio station in 2015,
"[Toni Braxton is] a beautiful woman, but I think it did cost us because of egos, being so young,
not having a lot of direction and leadership on the Dallas Mavericks at that particular time."
Before Jordyn Woods got fully caught up in a scandal by kissing Khloé Kardashian's
then-boyfriend Tristan Thompson in 2019, she was solidly BFFs with Kylie and Kendall Jenner.
"Here's to Jordyn and Kylie!"
Woods was regularly seen out and about with the famous family. And in 2018,
TMZ spotted Kendall with former boyfriend, NBA star Ben Simmons, on a double date with Woods
and NBA player Devin Booker. But Kendall would later dump Simmons and hook up with Booker.
So, yes! Woods and Booker were an item way before things between Booker and Kendall got serious.
According to Life & Style, the story goes that Woods and Booker dated for about a year,
splitting just before Woods was caught with Thompson.
As of 2022, Woods has been dating Karl-Anthony Towns, who plays for
the Minnesota Timberwolves. He frequently appears on vlogs on her YouTube channel,
as well as her Instagram feed. And of course the same is true of Jordyn
on Towns' social media. Along with that, it looks like Kendall and Booker began their
romance sometime around 2020 and finally made it Instagram official on Valentine's Day in 2021.
Kendall's previous NBA relationships include not only Ben Simmons, but also Blake Griffin,
as well as Jordan Clarkson. On the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" Season 20 reunion in 2021,
Kendall admitted,
"I'm not ashamed that I have a type, and I'm also a genuine basketball fan, so that just kind of,
you know, has happened." Before Kanye West ever came into the picture,
Kim Kardashian was married to former NBA star Kris Humphries. According to Us Weekly,
the pair dated in 2010, and Humphries proposed to the reality star a year
later. The two got hitched in August of 2011 and everyone knows what happened next. Their
infamous marriage lasted just 72 days, and Kardashian filed for divorce that October.
"I would rather have been beaten up in the media than live a life that was unhappy."
On the "Kardashians" reunion in 2021, momager Kris Jenner revealed that she thought the marriage was
a quote, "bad idea" and offered to get Kim out of it. But Kim didn't want to be known as the
"runaway bride" and went ahead with the plans. Still, as Life & Style noted, someone else also
reportedly urged Kim not to go through with the wedding — her ex, former NFL player Reggie Bush.
Bush and Kardashian dated from 2007 until 2010. But after hearing that Kim planned
to marry Humphries, he reportedly pleaded with the star not to go through with it. Bush would
eventually marry Lilit Avagyan in 2014. And it's hard not to notice how his new lady resembles Kim
in a whole lot of ways. Bush and his wife went on to have three kids together.
And as of mid 2022, Kim has gotten very cozy with "Saturday Night Live" star Pete Davidson.
In 2006, NFL quarterback Tom Brady took his then-girlfriend,
model Gisele Bundchen, by surprise when he informed her that his ex-girlfriend,
Bridget Moynahan, was in fact pregnant with their son. Luckily, the Tampa Bay Buccs
Quarterback and the former Victoria's Secret model were able to work things out together,
even though Brady was preparing to become a father with the arrival of his son Jack.
"It really affected me on many levels that I just — I didn't know how to cope with it."
According to Us Weekly, Brady and Moynahan dated for two years but split in 2006.
He then began dating Bundchen. But just weeks into their romance,
Moynahan found out that she was pregnant. As Brady told Howard Stern in April 2020,
"I found out a lot about Gisele through this experience,
and she found out a lot about me dealing with [an uneasy] situation."
Moynahan welcomed Jack in 2007 and explained to Harper's Bazaar at the time,
"Going through that traumatic time of being heartbroken and then being
pregnant turned my whole life upside down and just knocked the wind out of me."
Brady and Bundchen tied the knot in 2009 and welcomed two kids — their son Benjamin and
daughter Vivian. But despite any previous bad blood, Moynahan, who married investment
banker Andrew Frankel in 2015, says they're one big blended family. She told People,
"Tom and I made a decision to raise a child together and we both found partners that not
only supported us in raising that child but also loved our child as if he was their own.
My son is surrounded by love."
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