Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese introduced on X that her season is over as a consequence of an harm on Saturday night time after being declared questionable for the group’s upcoming recreation towards the Dallas Wings with a wrist difficulty.
“I’m filled with emotions right now that I have a season-ending injury, but also filled with so much gratitude for what is next. Although this is God’s timing and not mine, I am finally able to give myself a physical and mental break. ‘God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers,’” Reese wrote.
Reese finishes her rookie yr with an unprecedented variety of rebounds. In simply her first yr, with out even ending the complete season, Reese broke the document for many rebounds in a single WNBA season and the document for many rebounds per recreation with 13.1.
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Chicago Sky ahead Angel Reese grabs a rebound. (Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports activities)
Reese broke the single-season document within the Sky’s 79-74 loss at Minnesota on Sept. 1, when she surpassed Sylvia Fowles’ document of 404 set in 2018. Fowles beat the document by one only a yr after Jonquel Jones recorded 403. Reese achieved the feat in simply 23 video games.
Reese was thought-about the most important challenger to fellow rookie star Caitlin Clark for the WNBA’s Rookie of the 12 months award. Former NBA All-Star Joakim Noah even informed Fox Information Digital he would vote for Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese over Clark for Rookie of the 12 months if he had a say.
“When I look at her play, she reminds me a lot of myself,” Noah mentioned.
Clark has put up the higher averages when it comes to factors, assists, steals, blocks and each main taking pictures share class. Clark broke the Fever’s single-season document for assists in a loss to Minnesota on Friday.
However Reese did have a drastic benefit when it comes to rebounds. With 13.1 rebounds per recreation, Reese greater than doubled Clark’s present 5.8 per recreation.
In head-to-head matchups this yr, the Fever have crushed the Sky three out of 4 occasions. In two of these matchups, Reese put up extra factors than Clark whereas placing up extra rebounds than Clark in all 4 conferences. Clark put up extra assists in all 4 conferences.
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Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark look on in the course of the second half towards the Chicago Sky on June 23, 2024, at Wintrust Area in Chicago. (Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Photographs)
Previous to her season-ending harm, Reese spoke about her rivalry with Clark within the first episode of her podcast on Thursday. Reese expressed super respect for Clark and that they haven’t any ill-will towards one another regardless of a heated rivalry that dates again to their school careers, when Clark was at Iowa and Reese was at LSU.
Nevertheless, Reese spoke out towards Clark’s passionate followers and claimed they’ve harassed her.
“I think it’s really just the fans, her fans, the Iowa fans, now the Indiana fans, that are really just, they ride for her, and I respect that, respectfully. But sometimes it’s very disrespectful. I think there’s a lot of racism when it comes to it,” Reese mentioned.
Reese went on to checklist dying threats and other people coming proper to her residence as an alleged instance of a measure Clark’s followers have taken in response to their rivalry.
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Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever and Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky look on in the course of the recreation on June 1, 2024, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Jeff Haynes/NBAE by way of Getty Photographs)
“People have come down to my address, followed me home, it’s come down to that,” Reese mentioned.
Reese even alleges that some followers have made AI-generated photographs of her, depicting her with out garments on, and despatched them to her members of the family.
“Multiple occasions, people have made AI-images of me naked. They have sent it to my family members. My family members are like uncles, sending it to me like, ‘Are you naked on Instagram?’” Reese mentioned. “It sucks having to go through that and see other players have to go through that.”
After Clark was drafted with the primary decide within the WNBA Draft this previous yr by the Indiana Fever, Reese was chosen seventh total by Chicago. Reese and Clark have been the one rookies to be named to the WNBA All-Star Recreation in July.
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