'Basketball Wives' Fourth Season See Growing Pains and Directional Issues

          These wives, girlfriends, and exes, of NBA players regularly use fierce language, hurl wine bottles, pull hair, slap faces, etc.  But, now some are questioning the direction of reality TV.  'Basketball Wives' is just one of several increasingly controversial reality shows that are real, but can also be real raunchy.  A table at a restaurant with champagne and caviar on it may suddenly pop off into a ruckus.  VH1 executives maintain they are merely evolving the network into a more realistic reflection of the world.  'Basketball Wives', which has become VH1's answer to Bravo's popular 'Real Housewives' franchise, will return for a fifth season.  See also, www.variety.com.