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Here’s The Race Of ALL The Black NBA Players Wives … Most Marry Non-Black Women!

Lyndon Abioye |
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There are more than 300 players in teh National Basket all Association. The vast majority of them are Black, and their parents/babys mothers are overwhelmingly Black women.

Hollywood, CA Ð July 17, 2018: Daniela Rajic and Paul George attend the Los Angeles premiere of Columbia Pictures’ THE EQUALIZER 2 at TCL Chinese Theatre, supported in part by Lyft. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for Sony Pictures)

But what about the wives? Media Take Out obtained data on the players, and of the 60 NBA players that were legally married before last season, more than 40% were married to non-Black women.

Here are the players with Black Wives/Fiancées: (17, of 28%):

LOS ANGELES, CA – JULY 12: NBA player Chris Paul (R) and wife Jada Crawley attend the 2nd Annual Sports Humanitarian of the Year Awards at the Conga Room on July 12, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)

Trevor Ariza
D.J. Augustin
Harrison Barnes
Gurgui Dieng
Daniel Gafford
Rodney Hood
Andre Iguodala
Jonathan Isaac
Lebron James
Michael Kidd-Gilchris
Damion Lee
Kyle Lowry
Markieff Morris
Chris Paul
P.J. Tucker
Russell Westbrook
Thaddeus Young

Here are the ones who married biracial women (18, or 30%):

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 15: (L-R) Ayesha Curry and Stephen Curry attend Stephen & Ayesha Curry’s Eat. Learn. Play.’s 11th Annual Christmas with the Currys Celebration at Manzanita Community School on December 15, 2023 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Noah Graham/Getty Images for Eat. Learn. Play. )

Bradley Beal
Miles Bridges (estranged)
Alec Burks
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Seth Curry
Stephen Curry
Dewayne Dedmon
De’Aaron Fox
Rudy Gay
Draymond Green
Tobias Harris
Udonis Haslem
Justin Holiday
Damian Lillard
Jordan McLaughlin
Kelly Oubre Jr.
Edmond Sumner
Garrett Temple

Here are the players with non-Black wives: (25 of 41.7%):

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JULY 06: (L-R) Jrue Holiday, daughter J.T. and wife Lauren Holiday smile during the NBA Summer League on July 06, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Cassy Athena/Getty Images)

Kent Bazemore (white)
Malik Beasley (Asian) (estranged)
Khem Birch (white)
Avery Bradley (unclear)
Devontae Cacok (Latina)
Mike Conley (white)
Anthony Davis (Dominican; unclear)
Wayne Ellington (white)
Paul George (white)
Jeff Green (white)
George Hill (Latina)
Aaron Holiday (white)
Jrue Holiday (white)
Al Horford (Latina)
James Johnson (white)
C.J McCollum (white)
Ben McLemore (Latina)
Juwan Morgan (white)
Taurean Prince (middle eastern)
Julius Randle (white)
Derrick Rose (3/4 white)
Terrence Ross (white)
Dennis Schroeder (white)
Tony Snell (white)
P.J. Washington (puerto rican)

For those biracial Black players, the numbers are even more glaring – with the vast majority also choosing non-Black wives.

CHICAGO, IL – APRIL 09: Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine (8) and wife Hunter LaVine react to son Saint LaVine as he smiles after a NBA game between the Detroit Pistons and the Chicago Bulls on April 9, 2023 at the United Center in Chicago, IL. (Photo by Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Here are the Biracial Players with Black Wives/Fiancées: (2 out of 13)
Josh Hart
Fred VanVleet

Here are the Biracial Players with Biracial/Mixed with Black Wives/Fiancées: (2 out of 13)
Danny Green
Austin Rivers

And here are the Biracial Players with Non-Black Wives/Fiancées: (9 out of 13)
Kyle Anderson
Nicolas Batum
Tyus Jones
Zach Lavine
Patty Mills
Larry Nance Jr.
Derrick White
Gave Vincent
Trae Young

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