Angel Reese Sorry For Putting Down Sky Team-mates After Comments Kick Up Controversy

Angel Reese aired her frustrations pinch nan Chicago Sky arsenic nan franchise finishes different losing season.

The two-time WNBA All-Star told nan Chicago Tribune that she “might person to move successful a different guidance and do what’s champion for me” if nan squad doesn’t amended its outlook.

“I americium very vocal astir what we request and what I want,” she said. “I’d for illustration to beryllium present for my career, but if things don’t cookware out, evidently I mightiness person to move successful a different guidance and do what’s champion for me. But while I americium here, I’m going to effort to enactment open-minded astir what I person present and maximize that arsenic overmuch arsenic I can.”

Chicago improved to 10-30 aft routing Connecticut connected Wednesday night. Reese had 18 points and 13 rebounds. The franchise is 3-15 since nan All-Star Break, but Reese missed a batch of those games pinch a backmost issue.

“I’m not settling for nan aforesaid ... we did this year,” nan young prima told nan paper. “We person to get bully players. We person to get awesome players. That’s a non-negotiable for me. I’m consenting and wanting to play pinch nan best. And nevertheless I tin thief to get nan champion here, that’s what I’m going to do this offseason.

“So it’s going to beryllium very, very important this offseason to make judge we pull nan champion of nan champion because we can’t settee for what we person this year.”

Reese, who was nan No 7 prime successful nan WNBA draught past season, is averaging 14.6 points and and a league-best 12.6 rebounds. She has astatine slightest 1 much play connected her rookie contract.

Reese walked backmost her comments aft Wednesday night’s triumph and said she had already apologized to nan team.

“I astir apt americium disappointment pinch myself correct now,” she said. “I deliberation nan connection was taken retired of discourse and I really didn’t intentionally mean to put down my teammates because they’ve been done this pinch maine passim nan full year.”

Reese said she has to study from nan situation.

“I conscionable person to beryllium amended pinch my connection because I cognize it’s not nan connection it’s nan messenger and knowing what I opportunity tin beryllium taken immoderate benignant of measurement truthful I conscionable person to really beryllium amended and turn from this,” she said.

Reese told nan insubstantial that she wanted coach Tyler Marsh to coach players harder and didn’t deliberation nan team’s existent roster was bully capable to triumph championships. She besides was called retired injured constituent defender Courtney Vandersloot, who is sidelined pinch an ACL injury. Vandersloot was a large portion of nan franchise’s only title successful 2021.

“We can’t trust connected Courtney to travel backmost astatine nan property that she’s at,” Reese said. “I cognize she’ll beryllium a awesome plus for us, but we can’t trust connected that. We request personification astir apt a small younger pinch immoderate experience, personification who’s been playing nan crippled and is consenting to compete for a title and has done it before.”