Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese has seemingly reignited her feud with former faculty basketball rival Caitlin Clark after taking purpose on the WNBA’s No. 1 pick on social media Thursday evening.
The Sky handed the New York Liberty their first lack of the season with a 90-81 win. Reese, who was chosen by the Sky with the No. 7 general choose out of LSU, added 13 factors and 9 rebounds.
Angel Reese, #5 of the Chicago Sky, drives to the basket throughout the sport in opposition to the New York Liberty on Could 23, 2024 in Brooklyn, New York. (Evan Yu/NBAE through Getty Pictures)
Nevertheless, in celebrating their win, Reese took a thinly veiled shot at Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark, as the talk surrounding her affect on the league continues.
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“And that’s on getting a WIN in a packed space not simply trigger of 1 participant on our constitution flight,” she wrote in a since-deleted submit on X.
The jab at Clark comes as the previous Iowa star continues to be on the hunt for her first career WNBA win. Clark not too long ago dropped a team-high of 21 factors within the Fever’s slim loss to the Seattle Storm on Wednesday.
Amid the talk about Clark’s impact, a number of notable figures have come to her protection. Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is amongst them.
Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, drives to the basket throughout the second quarter in opposition to the Seattle Storm within the sport at Local weather Pledge Enviornment on Could 22, 2024 in Seattle. (Steph Chambers/Getty Pictures)
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“The one factor that I like that she’s bringing to her sport: extra folks need to watch. Extra folks need to tune in. I noticed, for the primary time, that they had a chartered plane. For the primary time of their league historical past, they flew non-public. That needs to be celebrated in its personal proper,” he stated on his podcast “Thoughts the Sport” with J.J. Redick.
“That needs to be celebrated, and it is due to Caitlin Clark. Don’t get it twisted. Don’t get it f—ed up. Caitlin Clark is the explanation why loads of nice issues are going to occur for the WNBA.”
The league’s latest progress is indeniable, however Reese believes it goes past simply Clark.
Angel Reese, #5 of the Chicago Sky, seems on earlier than the sport in opposition to the Dallas Wings on Could 15, 2024 on the School Park Middle in Arlington, Texas. (Michael Gonzales/NBAE through Getty Pictures)
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“It’s not only one particular person, I feel folks don’t notice that (as a result of) the narrative out there may be that only one particular person altering the sport,” she stated Thursday throughout a press convention. “It’s loads of us — me, Kamilla (Cardoso ), there’s Cameron (Brink), Rickea (Jackson). There’s so many nice gamers and it’s been lengthy overdue and simply with the ability to see that our affect has been capable of change the sport.”
“I like it for us all and we’re simply going to proceed to maintain going.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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