The word just dropped that VH1 has given the 'heave hoe' to Basketball Wives cast members Royce Reed, Kesha Nichols, and Jennifer Williams.
Sources connected with production told TMZ, Jennifer Williams and Kesha Nichols will be replaced next season. It's unclear who's in line to take their spots.
According to sources, producers will be giving the girls their walking papers any day now to drop what they called "dead weight" from the show.
We're told Royce was cut because she wasn't legally allowed to talk about Dwight due to a 2009 gag order, blocking her from discussing her ex in any way. The other girls on the show had also decided to ostracize her, so Royce couldn't shoot scenes with the rest of the cast.
As for the others -- producers think Jennifer's too big a liability after suing Nia Crooks for slapping her on the show. And Kesha was just too boring.
A rep for VH1 tells TMZ, “We don't comment on casting until everything is final. Thanks for checking in.”
Somewhere Dwight Howard is letting off a sign of relief.
