The Day Before the Draft, We Reveal the Lottery … of NBA Wives and Girlfriends
Athlete Wives, Athletes and Celebrities, NBA Draft June 24th. 2009, 9:00am
1 Adriana Lima (Maric Jaric’s wife)- The Blake Griffin of NBA wives. Pretty flawless all-around game; has the makings of a franchise player.
2 Vanessa Bryant (Kobe’s wife) – Bit of a sleeper, unless you ask Karl Malone, who didn’t hide his lust for her back in 2004: “I’m hunting for little Mexican girls.”
3 Hope Dworaczyk (Jason Kidd’s girlfriend) – The Tyreke Evans of the draft? Everyone likes what they’ve seen, but she’s probably a couple of years away from her time, having recently posed for Playboy.
4 Aléka Kamilá (Peja Stojakovic’s wife) – A workout wonder that nobody really talks about – Demar DeRozan? – perhaps because she’s a greek model.
5 Eva Longoria (Tony Parker’s wife) – A bit undersized, but still impressive. Think Jonny Flynn; was this her Rutgers dunk moment?
6 Heidi Battier (Shane’s wife) – After inquiring with a few confidants about his project, she soared on everyone’s board, sort of like Stephen Curry.
7 Tamia (Grant Hill’s wife) – When you talk body of work – singing career, appeared on 90210 – Jordan Hill comes to mind. Solid, but unspectacular.
8 Yeliz Okur (Mehmet’s wife) – The former Miss Turkey has been off your radar due to her life overseas – Brandon Jennings? – but then you see a picture, you know she’s definitely a lottery pick.
9 LaLa Vazquez (Carmelo Anthony’s fiancee) – Comes to the NBA with some baggage and questions, but still capable of an outstanding performance when needed. Terrence Williams?
10. Gabrielle Union (Dwyane Wade’s girlfriend) – Has been around for awhile, been through a lot, but still has the skills you want in a lottery pick. Tyler Hansbrough?
11 Meghan Allan (Devin Harris’s girlfriend) – In the Earl Clark mold – great on paper, great highlight reel, but upon further inspection … you’re not sure if they’ll be on the roster in a couple years.
12 Brandi Garnett (KG’s wife) – Has to be Jrue Holiday. Flashy game, dynamite skill set, but nobody’s really seen what she’s capable of.
13 Gu Chen (Sun Yue’s girlfriend) – The Ricky Rubio of this draft. Huge in the Far East, but a relative unknown here because few have seen enough to break down her game. Well done, Laker benchwarmer.
14 Masha Kirilenko (AK-47’s wife) – Very solid, great personality, a leader … James Harden?
Wishing they’d come back to the league, if only for a day, specifically for this project: Scottie Pippen and Rony Seikaly.
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June 24th, 2009 at 9:08 AM
Where’s Star Jones?
June 24th, 2009 at 9:11 AM
I wanna put syrup on Lala’s biscuits
June 24th, 2009 at 9:12 AM
Guarantee this is TBL’s favorite non-hat post in quite some time. Well done sir.
Show me your GuChen – my new pickup line.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:14 AM
There is a Hakeem Nicks joke in here somewhere, but I can’t find it.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:18 AM
Did Hope Dworaczyk say on the Carolla podcast that she was no longer dating Jason Kidd?
June 24th, 2009 at 9:21 AM
2 Duke players in the lottery? What year do you think this is, ‘05?
/Duke’s awesome, fuck you haters
June 24th, 2009 at 9:22 AM
The former Miss Turkey has been off your radar due to her life overseas
MJOT sloppy seconds
June 24th, 2009 at 9:23 AM
Also, just like a real NBA draft — only a couple whiteys
June 24th, 2009 at 9:23 AM
Gabrielle Union (Dwyane Wade’s girlfriend) – Has been around for awhile, a lot been through
/corrected for propensity to fuck every athlete on planet
June 24th, 2009 at 9:29 AM
people listen to adam carrolla podcasts?
June 24th, 2009 at 9:31 AM
depends on whether the guest is someone I’m interested in
June 24th, 2009 at 9:32 AM
I just started podcasting and I’ve been listening to the Carolla ones. Dude is hilarious.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:33 AM
people listen to adam carrolla podcasts?
Oh yeah…some of them are pretty damn funny. Most at least have their moments. The Seth McFarlane one from a few months ago was pretty awesome. The couple of times he’s had Simmons on were pretty good, too.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:36 AM
people listen to adam carrolla podcasts?
I listen to it every day on the commute to work — if he has a guest that can hang with him it’s very entertaining. McFarlane, Harland Williams, Simmons, Artie Lange, Joe Rogan, ect. have all been on and it’s great. He had Tyson on about a month or so ago and it was lame, he couldnt hang and it sounded like Carolla was scared to push the envelope. I highly reccommend to anyone to download the Carolla podcast.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:39 AM
I’d love to hear the McFarlane one. Do they have archives that go back that far?
June 24th, 2009 at 9:41 AM
That one was from around mid march (I only remember because I was on a plane to Vegas for the first weekend on March Madness listening to it) and I believe on Itunes you can download all of them. Or just go to his website.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:42 AM
its my go to whenever im not in my car with the sirius
June 24th, 2009 at 9:47 AM
Yeah it looks like they only keep the last 10 podcasts on his website. I’ll have to check itunes later.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:53 AM
Yeah it looks like they only keep the last 10 podcasts on his website. I’ll have to check itunes later.
Looks like it’s the same on iTunes. It’s a shame, as that McFarlane one was really awesome. He was supposed to be on the flight from Boston that hit the World Trade Center, but he missed it because he was hung over. Interesting stuff.
Oh, and lots of family guy stuff, too.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:15 AM
I don’t think there has ever been a larger discrepancy in attractiveness in a couple than the Jaric-Lima duo. That dude must either have serious game or a 15 inch wiener.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:31 AM
FTMFW!!!!
June 24th, 2009 at 10:46 AM
damn, i may have to give this carrolla guy a shot. never was a fan of his work on ‘man show’ or that mtv thing with dr drew
June 24th, 2009 at 11:07 AM
Neither was I, TBL…totally agree. But his podcast is frequently hilarious and reliably entertaining…give it a shot.
June 24th, 2009 at 12:54 PM
Pointless fact: Shane’s wife is the granddaughter of Bob Ufer, for all you Michigan fans out there.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Great work again TBL …several spicy choices included in the menu though your order is way off. Kobe’s wife at number two? C’mon not even close! This should not be charity and she belongs somewhere in the bottom half of this list.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:19 PM
After years of seeing him on TV with an act that was worn out very badly, in Las Vegas I would hear him on his show in LA sometimes in the morning and he was great. It definitely would be a great interview with your diligent preparation.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:29 PM
TBL Godfather, I told you so, confine yourself to the lame likes of Stern like too many New Yorkers and you are missing out. Unlike most guys on the East Coast, Carolla is unlike them at all because he is not neurotic, frenetic, seemingly chronically constipated, and almost always full of shit.