Daily Lala

LaLa gives up the goods on her golden nugget, Carmelo Anthony.

You have an upcoming VH1 reality show, The Sixth Man. What keeps you in the game? You've got 80 million reasons to put it on cruise control.
I never wanted to just have a baby, be with an NBA player and do nothing. I've always maintained my relationships in business. When people start asking, "Where's LaLa?" the response is usually, "Oh, she isn't doing shit." That's never going to happen over here.

Props for that. The rigors of an NBA season can be brutal. How do you help
Carmelo cope after a tough loss?
We'll talk about it and I'll be as supportive as I can. I'll tell him, "You got another game to prove yourself. You're only as good as your last game." Sometimes, though, you know when it's best not to say anything.

Who's the player he'd most likely want to call out sick against?
[Laughs] You'll never get him to admit it, but I know that when he comes home, the players he's most sore from are Matt Harping [Utah Jazz] and Bruce Bowen [San Antonio Spurs]. Whenever he gets home, he's black and blue.

Speaking of the Spurs, Eva Longoria gets maximum facetime during hubby Tony Parker's games. What gives?
Eva Longoria is a friend of mine. I love her to death. Obviously she's hot and popular right now, and they want to capitalize off that. Plus, the Spurs are always kicking ass; they always do well against the Nuggets. I think all of those factors add up. We're always joking about whose man is better.

Why don't you two settle the rivalry on the court? The Parkers versus the Anthonys!
[Laughs] Of course Melo and I would win that. We got height over those shrimps!

Don't believe that Alani "LaLa" Vazquez is out of sight and out of mind, because she's busy making her own power moves. The former "TRL" cohost is concentrating on her film career as a burgeoning actress and producer.

LaLa has teamed with 51 Minds Entertainment, the production crew behind VH1's guilty pleasure programming such as "I Love New York" and "Flavor of Love" to produce "The Sixth Man." The cable network's basketball-themed reality show will bring together aspiring ballers to cohabitate and compete for a chance to go pro domestically or internationally with the help of a sports agent. The show is expected to hit the tube sometime next year.

"People always say the best basketball players aren't in the leagues," explains LaLa, who will serve as the show's executive producer. "So we set out to go to small towns and different cities to find these men who have different circumstances that might have prevented them from pursuing a basketball career."