‘Basketball Wives’ Recap: Tami Drops a Bomb on the Group

Kristen and Cece are still arguing outside.

Cece is still fuming over the rumors Evelyn and Jenifer put out there about her massage business. Kristen wishes CeCe would put Jenn and Evelyn in their places and tells her such.

Shaunie, Jenn and Evelyn come outside to find out what the commotion is all about.

CeCe says she is owed an apology.

Jenn goes off and says that she owes CeCe nothing because they aren’t even friends. She then questions if CeCe has any common sense.

Kristen is even more fed up at this point and wants CeCe to clap back at Jenn.

“If you’re not dumb, tell them you’re not dumb!” – Kristen

CeCe then blames Kirsten for bringing the rumor back up.

In a green screen interview, Malaysia says she doesn’t think Kristen or CeCe actually like each other.

Frustrated that the conversation went nowhere, Cece storms away.

Tami gets some advice from Pastor Gray.

Tami sits down with Pastor Gray so she can learn how to not let people trigger her. She’s been very annoyed with the group.

She explains the drama that’s been going on. The pastor says Evelyn is just jealous of her. Tami agrees with this. She says that Evelyn is just jealous she hasn’t been wifed up like Tami has.

CeCe vents about Kristen.

Malaysia meets up with CeCe.

They discuss what happened the other night. CeCe feels like Kristen isn’t being a good friend and is trying to make her fight with Evelyn and Jenn.

Malaysia says that CeCe is avoiding checking Evelyn and Jenn. But she urges CeCe to make things right with Kristen because they need to have each other’s backs while being in this group.

“You and Kristen need to fix it.” – Malaysia

They change the topic and discuss Malaysia’s dating life.

She says she’s not seeing anyone but wants CeCe to hook her up with one of the men at the party.

Tami alerts Shaunie about a secret.

Tami and Shaunie do some shopping.

She tells Shaunie that Pastor Gray says she needs to find something nice to say to everyone in the group. This will be a difficult task.

So she’s thinking about putting together a day retreat so this can happen. But she wants everyone else to participate and say nice things about each other too. She tells Shaunie to give Evelyn the invite since they don’t talk.

Tami says it would be hard to think of something nice to say to Jenn because Jenn is fake.

She then tells Shaunie that she was told something a year ago that she knows would hurt someone badly in the group. Shaunie thinks it has to do with her but Tami will only tell her that it does affect Shaunie.

In a green screen interview, Tami says what she knows the secret will change the dynamics of the group.

Malaysia meets them at the store and Tami says she knows the secret. She pulls Malaysia to the side and tells Malaysia that Shaunie needs to know the tea on her ex.

“Are y’all really not going to tell me?” – Shaunie

Tami says that the person who spilled the tea needs to tell Shaunie themselves.

OG wants to get married.

OG does a little shopping with her mom.

She asks her mother to help her find a wedding dress. But she’s not engaged, yet.

When her mother asks if OG’s boo Kwame is ready for marriage, and OG isn’t sure because she’s his first real girlfriend. She plans to have a conversation with him about it.

Jenn and Tami spend some time together to play some drums. Jackie thinks it will help their acting skills.

Tami tells Jackie about the homework Pastor Gray gave her. She thinks everyone should do the exercise.

Tami then tells Jackie about the tea involving Shaunie. She confirms that it also involves Evelyn. Apparently Jackie already knows the tea.

Jackie feels like Shaunie will be hurt by this rumor.

Jenn and Evelyn meet with a fertility doctor.

Evelyn tells Jenn about the retreat that Tami is planning.

Jenn says she has nothing nice to say about CeCe and Evelyn doesn’t know what she can say to Jackie. Evelyn doesn’t trust Tami and questions why Tami didn’t call Jenn herself to give her an invite.

When the doctor arrives, Jenn tells her she wants to use her own eggs and have children. The doctor tells her she needs to freeze her eggs very soon considering she’s in her early 40s.

Kwame and OG have a conversation about marriage.

She brings up the fact that they have been together for four years. She wants marriage first and then kids.

But Kwame says he has to work on himself before he can get married.

He’s just trying to change as a person first and be more responsible. He admits it makes him uncomfortable when she brings up marriage.

OG stresses she’s not giving him an ultimatum but her end goal is marriage.

The secret is revealed, Shaunie is crushed.

It’s the day of Tami’s retreat.

Jackie and Malaysia arrive first.

CeCe arrives next and speaks to everyone. Kristen arrives after.

It’s weird between CeCe and Kristen, so CeCe decides not to speak to Kristen.

The feeling is mutual and Cece feels like Kristen threw her under the bus.

Evelyn arrives and speaks to Malaysia and not Tami.

Jenn arrives and asks for a hug from Tami.

Shaunie is the last one to show up. She wants to know the rumor that is involving her after nice words are exchanged.

Tami starts the session by complimenting Malaysia on being able to let things go so fast. Shaunie then apologizes for not getting to know Malaysia much sooner.

Cece says she appreciates Shaunie taking the time to get to know her.

Tami then tells Evelyn that she wishes that they found a way to communicate better and be better towards each other.

Evelyn says that she doesn’t have anything nice to say to Tami and Jackie, but she can be cordial.

Jackie says she can be cordial to Evelyn and she knows Evelyn is a great mother. She apologizes once again for her harsh words about Shanice.

Shaunie brings up the secret that Tami didn’t want to tell her. She wants to know what was said.

“Does anyone else in this group know this secret?’ – Shaunie

She then asks Jackie to spill the tea.

Jackie refuses.

“I’m tired of tearing people down.” – Jackie

This frustrates Shaunie.

Evelyn asks if she can be eliminated from the conversation but Malaysia and Tami give looks as if she’s involved.

“I’m in it?” – Evelyn

Tami and Jackie then come out and say Jenn was the one who said the rumor. But Jenn has no idea what they are referring to. So Malaysia pulls her to the side to tell her.

Malaysia tells Jenn that it’s about Evelyn sleeping with one of Shaunie’s exes. The name was bleeped out but it appears the ex being referred to may be Shaq.

Jenn says she didn’t say that Evelyn slept with the ex, but she was asked that. Malaysia tells her to just tell Shaunie what’s up.

In a green screen interview, Jenn says she knows Tami put this retreat together to cause drama.

“So Tami and I had a conversation about Evelyn sleeping with your ex.” –  Jenn

Tami interjects and says that she and Jenn had the conversation while she and Jenn were on the outs with Evelyn.

“This is bullsh*t. Call him!” – Evelyn

Evelyn starts crying and says she never slept with Shaunie’s ex. She then calls out Tami for bringing this up to cause friction. Evelyn specifically questions why Tami said anything now when she was told this a year ago.

But Tami says that Jenn brought it to her first but Jen says Tami asked her if it was true.

Shaunie is fuming and has no words besides calling the rumor “bullsh*t.”

What are your thoughts on the episode?

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24 comments

  1. Tami is very vindictive. The only reason she brought this up now is because she hates that Jenn and Evelyn are friends again. And she’s definitely not a real friend to Shaunie if she held this in for a year. So much for her being so real though.

    1. I absolutely agree with you. And it’s funny because when Evelyn came back Tammy did the same thing with Jackie and the situation with her daughter. She saw Jackie and Evelyn getting cool and she told Jackie Evelyn was talking bad about her in an interview, then got mad at Jackie when Evelyn said Tammy was crazy. As much as she denies it Tammy still has a problem with Evelyn. And to top it off she’s trying to bring the Chad incident up, Tammy is all over the place! And she said on one of the reunions she herself has slept with Chad. Tammy needs to stop.

  2. I don’t think Ev slept with Shaq. But I do think Jenn told Tami that to get even. They were plotting to take Evelyn down once Jenn returned but Jenn switched lanes and became friends with Evelyn again. So Tami is trying to expose her.

  3. So it’s ok for Jenn and Evelyn to attack CeCe about a rumor they heard, Jenn be hateful to the girl. But when they are confronted about rumor Jenn started or heard, Tami is jealous or trying to start something. Man the hypocrisy!!!!

    1. Thank you and all the sudden Tami is the bad person they forgot how they threaten that woman business by implicating shes offering sexual service, or evelyn try to call tami a bum when she first met her. When the news broke the air about domestic abuse back in 2012 most people blame evelyn now years later shes a victim…GTFOH

  4. I really don’t like Tami this season. She’s very mean and bitter. I don’t get her obsession with Evelyn either.

  5. It’s actually pathetic that Tami thinks Evelyn is jealous of her because she has Reggie. I try to keep it cute about that relationship but to be honest, it’s nothing to write home about. He’s a much younger man and Tami is the breadwinner in that relationship. Evelyn would never want that. I’m not the biggest Evelyn fan but she at least ends up with men who can do for her. Reggie rides Tami’s coattails.

    1. In other words you prefer women using men not men using women gotcha. Tami was MARRIED to a BASKETBALL player and been with reggie for over 5 years now unlike ev marry for 2 month and 2 failed engagements( there no reason to be jealous). who wants to marry someone like that.

  6. This needs to be Tami’s last season. I can’t stand Evelyn but you don’t dare blame a domestic violence victim for the violence they suffered. Tami is disgusting and she has not changed at all.

  7. Chile…I don’t know what’s going on with Tami this season. But she really is out here acting a whole fool. How do you meet with a pastor and then turn around and cause a whole bunch of mess between multiple people? Then she swears she’s trying to change and be more positive but she hasn’t ever been a positive person. I just wish she would stop acting like she’s so much better than everyone else. No sis, you are cut from the same cloth as everyone else…MESSY. And Jenn has always been a bit phony. I believe she did tell Tami Evelyn slept with Shaq while they weren’t friends. Jenn hated Evelyn for years after Evelyn tried to fight her. Of course she told Tami that. I just wonder if Ev and Jenn are still cool now that everything has been put on the table.

  8. I’d respect Tami being back on her bullsh-t again if she wasn’t trying to be holier than thou on the gram after every episode. That’s why I don’t like her anymore. She’s gotten really arrogant and acts like her sh-t doesn’t stink when she’s one of the messiest and childish b-tches on the show. I get that she has bonnet chronicles and some tv one movies on her resume, but her messy a-s acts like she’s Viola Davis. Annoying as f-ck. Humble yourself sis. If you had it like that you wouldn’t still be on no damn BBW anyway.

  9. Both Tami and Jenn are at fault if we are keeping it a buck. Think about it. Tami said this was told to her a year ago. Well a year ago, Evelyn was back on the show and Tami was faking like they were cool again. So how are you smiling in Evelyn’s face and plotting with Jenn at the same time? So Tami can’t call Jenn fake unless she acknowledges that she’s fake as well. And also, it’s clear as day that Jenn and Tami were both planning to go at Evelyn when Jenn came back on the show. Tami was willing to throw Shaunie under a bus to complete the mission. You can’t call Jenn a snake when you’re moving the same way. And next week is terrible. For Tami to say what she did about Chad is evil. All she’s doing is looking really pressed about Evelyn. I know people hate Evelyn but to pretend like Tami isn’t out here being extremely messy is a bit much right now.

  10. If you’re my real friend, you’re not going to keep a secret like this from me for a whole year. And to top it off, Tami went around telling everyone else what was said except Shaunie. That’s messed up.

  11. Tami is very delusional this season. From her believing Evelyn is jealous of her to her not realizing that she’s just as messy as everyone she can’t stand, I have just been laughing this whole season. I agree that this needs to be the last rodeo for her. She clearly has other income streams anyway so it’s not like she has to stick around anymore.

  12. I don’t understand how anyone can like Tami. Easily the most childish one on the show. The only likable people are Jackie and Malaysia.

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