LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Stephen Curry and other NBA players whose wives helped them achieve greatness on the basketball court

May 21 , 2020

LeBron and Savannah James, Teyana Taylor and Iman Shumpert and Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade are NBA power couples. Photo: Instagram

Beyoncé and Jay-Z performed at LeBron and Savannah James’ wedding, Hollywood actress Gabrielle Union is an LGBT activist, and Kim Kardashian counts La La Anthony as one of her besties

The saying goes: “Behind every great man is a great woman”, and that idiom certainly holds true when it comes to these couples.

When our favourite basketball stars are slam-dunking on the court, their other halves are cheering them on. But with exciting careers and ventures of their own, these ladies have developed quite the following themselves.

Gabrielle Union (Dwyane Wade)

Before she married the Miami Heat player in 2014, Gabrielle appeared in teen movie classics She’s All That, 10 Things I Hate About You and Bring It On. Gabrielle went on to star in five seasons of the television drama Being Mary Jane and served as a judge on America’s Got Talent.

Gabrielle tackles racism, assault and issues in the LGBTQ community as part of her activism efforts, and on social media she shares a glimpse of life at home with her toddler and Wade’s children from a previous relationship.

Ayesha Curry (Stephen Curry)

Ayesha met her high school sweetheart at a youth church group when she was 14, and she married the Golden State Warriors MVP in 2011. Now Ayesha has her own show on the Food Network, a restaurant concept with celebrity chef Michael Mina, and she recently launched her own magazine.