Notwithstanding the fact that she has half the NBA in her iPhone, Halem isn’t a sports fan. She is far more interested in figuring out who’s sitting in Drake’s courtside seats than what’s happening on the court. It’s nice if the Raptors win, she says, but only because that means they’ll probably go out that night, which is good for business. Last year, Halem put on 18 parties at clubs all over the city—Cube, Muzik, Maison Mercer, Skybar, Dolce, Atelier. She hosted a Canada Day party, five Caribana parties, the launch of a new luxury tequila brand, a TIFF after-party for the movie 1982, a Gatsby-themed New Year’s Eve event, a party for LeBron James, and birthday parties for the Raptors’ dunk champ Terrence Ross and the Toronto rapper P. Reign, who is Drake’s best friend.
Many of the women on Halem’s guest list are off-duty paid-to-party girls or ex-hostesses. Some are aspiring models, and quite a few have Instagram accounts that look like outtakes from a Maxim shoot. Halem collects women wherever she goes. “They latch on to her because they want to meet rich guys,” says a former NBA insider who used to text Halem to organize ladies before the plane had touched down in Toronto. “She would generally know the preferences of the players she had worked with before—some guys want black or white, others are just looking for a big booty.” One VIP hostess told me she frequently serves Halem along with groups of pro athletes and gorgeous women: “When you see that Mona has booked a booth, you know you’re going to have a good night.”
this is why this team will never win shyt. honest to god. if amir, lowry or derozan wanted to, they could put a stop to this. amir game plans his entire life around hoes and clubbing.