Three Basketball Wives Getting Dropped From The Show?

06/14/2012
. (TMZ) Dwight Howard can finally relax because his baby mama Royce Reed just got axed from "Basketball Wives" ... along with two other stars on the show.

Sources connected with production tell TMZ, Jennifer Williams and Kesha Nichols also got the chop -- and 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.

A rep for VH1 tells TMZ, "We don't comment on casting until everything is final. Thanks for checking in." more on this story

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