Basketball Wives: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Basketball Wives Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Episode 1
May 30, 2011
With Royce at odds with Evelyn and Jen and Tami bent on preventing Evelyn from profiting off the hurtful phrase that launched their season-ending brawl, is it too late to make amen
Episode 2
Jun 6, 2011
Suzie's return to the circle upsets Royce. Sparks fly when Tami takes Meeka to task for playing both sides.
Episode 3
Jun 13, 2011
Royce's father raises concerns about his daughter's new boyfriend. Also, Evelyn checks out a fertility clinic as she prepares to begin a family with Chad Ochocinco.
Episode 4
Jun 20, 2011
Jen's curiosity and suspicions are piqued when Eric wants to take a meeting with Suzie. Also, more than mallets are swinging when Tami and Meeka get into it at an upscale polo even
Episode 5
Jun 27, 2011
A trip to the Big Apple turns sour as Evelyn and Tami's beef over Ev's t-shirts resurfaces. Also, Jen agrees to her first date since splitting with Eric and Evelyn reconciles with
Episode 6
Jul 4, 2011
Shaunie makes waves when she proposes another international girls' trip but excludes Royce from the guest list.
Episode 7
Jul 11, 2011
It's an Italian vacation complete with extra baggage as Evelyn's reaction to a radio interview given by Jen threatens to end their friendship and Tami and Meeka butt heads over loo
Episode 8
Jul 18, 2011
The ladies' trip to Italy explodes as Tami's feud with Meeka reaches the boiling point, and one member of the circle calls it quits over the drama.
Episode 9
Jul 25, 2011
Royce's meeting with Eric makes Jen's blood boil, Chad surprises Evelyn with a unique outing, and Jen finds chemistry on a blind date set up by pal Al Reynolds.
Chad has lunch with another woman
Aug 8, 2011
Evelyn catches Chad having lunch with another woman; Jen's divorce party heats up. Shaunie O'Neal, Suzie Ketcham, Jennifer Williams, Royce Reed.
Reunion (1)
Aug 15, 2011
Cast members reminisce. Shaunie O'Neal, Suzie Ketcham, Jennifer Williams, Royce Reed, Evelyn Lozada, Tami Roman, Meeka Claxton
Reunion (2) (Season Finale)
Aug 23, 2011
In the second half of Season 3's Reunion Special, John Salley coaxes the ladies into dishing more dirt about their drama with Meeka and the status of Evelyn's relationship with Cha