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Fans side with Nia long after she shares a cryptic message as Ime Udoka’s ex-fiancé is outed for championship rigging and the actress is outed for a cheating scandal
Social media users are hoping that the Boston Celtics’ 2024 NBA Championship victory over the Dallas Mavericks will remind Nia Long’s ex Ime Udoka of what might have been.
The retired skilled basketball player served as the team’s head coach for two seasons, leading the team to the 2022 NBA Finals, its first since 2010. However, before reaching two years with the organization, team leaders revealed in a press conference that Udoka was sidelined after revealing his affair with an worker.
At the time, he was engaged to the “Best Man” actress, with whom he had been involved for over a decade in a relationship that led to the birth of their son, Kez, who is now 12 years old. Udoka’s violation of team rules ultimately led to his firing, as well as the end of his relationship with Long.
Long moved to Beantown several months before learning of the scandal. Several media reports claimed that the second woman even played a role in helping Long and her son acclimate to their latest environment.
Following Celtic’s big win on June 17, marking their 18th championship win for the franchise, the cheating controversy has resurfaced online. “Ime Udoka mixed up ring and Nia Long,” read the tweet, which inspired a flood of replies calling out Udoka.
Months after leaving Boston, he took on the role of head coach of the Houston Rockets in April 2023. His latest lineup of star players was eliminated from the playoffs in April by their home state rival Dallas.
Ime Udoka got the ring and Nia Long got it. pic.twitter.com/AeQOMH25yS
— Train Freeman (@Train_Freeman) June 18, 2024
Other comment about his losses we read: “Ime Udoka really looks like the biggest clown. Men without sexual discipline <<<<<.” Third user X he wrote“Ime Udoka is very sick now.”
Amid a barrage of messages mocking the former Portland Trail Blazers forward, his ex posted cryptic memes on her Instagram story.
One post reads: “Success is not about making a million dollars, but about waking up in a good mood.” And the second one said, “The person you are meant to be will recover to keep you in their life.”
The “Love Jones” star’s posting of the photos comes a 12 months after her former beau said he spent the 2023 offseason “working on myself in many different ways, improving in certain areas, which gave me a chance to rest, reflect and grow.” “
Long criticized the organization for revealing her then-fiance’s indiscretions to the world, but for failing to examine on her and Kez. She also said that her son’s father also “failed to provide them with support” after the family broke up.
She later said during a 2023 conversation with rapper Jeezy that the breakup was a “wake-up call for me, like, ‘OK, you do it yourself and every little thing shall be positive.’ “You won’t worry about what anyone thinks or has to say.”
Long added that “relations have been difficult for a very long time.”
The couple began dating in 2011 and became engaged in 2015, although official marriage plans never made headlines. Following their split, the Hollywood veteran received sole custody of his son and monthly alimony of $32,500. Udoka’s four-year coaching contract is value $7 million.
Despite fleeting rumors about her romance with Omarion and Terrence J, Long has not revealed her latest relationship.