The NBA Player Wives List

Who's your favorite NBA star married to, or are they even married? The most famous of NBA wives today may be the Desperate Housewives star herself, Eva Longoria-Parker. Eva and Tony married just last year with a fancy ceremony in Paris. Another well known wife is Vanessa Bryant, who's married to LA Laker Kobe. Vanessa was in headlines quite a bit after Kobe admitted to having an extra-marital affair. Kobe's wife stood by him throughout the ordeal and they are happily married still. Grant Hill is married to R&B singer, Tamia.

For many ballers, marriage is short-lived, while others stay happily married. Recent divorcees included Shaq, Vince Carter and Jason Kidd. There's also many baller bachelors in the league.

Here's a look at some of your other favorite NBA stars' wives, with notes next to each.

NBA Players Wives

Chauncey Billups - Piper Billups

Elton Brand - Shahara Simmons (longtime girlfriend from Duke)

Caron Butler - Andrea Butler


Kobe Bryant - Vanessa Laine Bryant (model)

Tim Duncan - Amy (ex-cheerleader from Wake Forest)


Kevin Garnett - Brandi Padilla (sister of Jimmy Jam Harris, music producer)

Manu Ginobili - Marianela Orono


Grant Hill - Tamia (R&B singer)

Allen Iverson - Tawanna Iverson

Tracy McGrady - CleRenda Harris (dated 10 years)

Yao Ming - Ye Li (Chinese women's basketball player)

Dikembe Mutombo - Rose Mutombo

Steve Nash - Alejandra Amarilla (personal trainer from Paraguay)


Tony Parker - Eva Longoria-Parker (model, Desperate Housewives star)


Peja Stoyakovic - Aléka Kamilá (Greek fashion model)

Dwyane Wade - Siohvaughn Funches* (highschool sweethearts)

*Note: Siohvaughn Funches-Dwyane Wade began divorce proceedings in 2007 and are trying to work things out in terms of their two children, Zaire and Zion.

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