Basketball Wives LA premiered with a bang this Monday, scoring ratings gold for VH1 with 1.8 million viewers tuning in. The first episode was just as dramatic as the Miami season with cast members Malaysia and Laura Govan coming to blows at the end of the episode.

Necole Bitchie, caught up with Wives Jackie Christie and Kimsha Artest at the premiere party in LA and they gave their reaction to the first episode as well as how they measure up to the Miami cast. Jackie also dished on her thoughts on Draya, ‘the groupie’ and how she compares to Royce of the Miami cast. Lakers guard Ron Artest, a new contestant on this season’s Dancing With The Stars, was also there in support of Kimsha and revealed that he thinks the other girls should look up to and take advice from her.

Check out the video below:

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