It chronicles the everyday lives of women romantically linked to men in the professional basketball industry, based in Los Angeles, California.
Developed as the second installment of the Basketball Wives franchise, the series premiered on August 29, 2011; and ran for five seasons until October 23, 2016.
On March 27, 2017, VH1 announced that Basketball Wives would be revived for a sixth season, with its setting relocated to Los Angeles, effectively combining the casts of both the original series and its spinoff.
[3] The announced cast for Basketball Wives LA included Kimsha Artest, wife of Ron Artest, Gloria Govan and her sister Laura Govan, Jackie Christie, wife of Doug Christie, and Imani Showalter, ex-fiancée of Stephen Jackson.
[8] Imani Showalter quit the show and moved back to New York,[9] and was replaced by Brooke Bailey, girlfriend of Vernon Macklin.
[17] Filming began in January 2016 and wrapped in June, with Draya Michele and Mehgan James departing from the show.