The first public relationship of James was with the former Boston Celtics star, Kendrick Brown. Her relationship with Brown was also the reason that she landed a role in Basketball Wives L.A.
According to a 2015 interview with Jill Munroe, James landed the show when she met Jackie (another contestant) in an event through her publicist. James publicist introducer her to Jackie who then her that she would make a good fit for the show. At that point in time, her boyfriend, Brown had not just played for the Celtics but also had already played for Cleveland Cavaliers and Philadelphia 76ers.
While James' relationship did not last long with Brown, the relationship seemed to have benefited her reality career a great deal.
James then dated college football player DeAndre Perry in what was to be a much talked about aspect in her career. Although that could also be due to her appearance in Marriage Bootcamp.
The main reason that the couple joined the show was to mend their breaking relationship. But that wasn’t to be, as the show brought out more underlying issues between the couple. Perry argued that James was never interested in him and that she only joined the show to stay relevant. But James never seemed to trust Perry no matter how much he tried.
To James' defense, a majority of her fans argued that Perry kept being unfaithful despite knowing how James was trying to work on their relationship.
After the show, James seemed to have completely called it off with Perry as both have never mentioned each other in any of their social media handles.
It seemed that James had a thing for football players. Prior to, and post dating DeAndre Perry, James was linked to a handful of other NFL players. The list included the likes of former Denver Nuggets player, Kayvon Webster, and Quincy Miller. To add to the list, she was also reportedly involved with former NFL player Victor Cruz of the NY Giants.
Just when it seemed that James had a thing for athletes, Mehgan James did a complete u-turn to her dating profile by dating someone other than. In 2017, she was linked to Rob Kardashian, elder brother to Kendall and Kylie Jenner.
