Chicago Sky rookie sensation Angel Reese made WNBA historical past on Sunday when she recorded her thirteenth consecutive double-double, a brand new league report, in her staff’s 84-71 loss to the Seattle Storm.
With 17 factors and 14 rebounds within the contest, Reese surpassed the W’s earlier report of 12 consecutive double-doubles, completed by all-time nice Candace Parker throughout the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
“I am simply attempting to be constant for my teammates, doing no matter I can to assist my staff,” Reese stated. “I believe I did not do sufficient tonight, however simply with the ability to be there for my teammates and realizing that I’ve a job to do day-after-day regardless of if I am a rookie or a vet.”
“It is completely superb to see,” first-year head coach Teresa Weatherspoon stated of Reese’s feat. “She may be shocking herself, however she’s not shocking me. It is one thing that she will do as a result of it is one thing that she places the work in to have the ability to do. And it is a will and want-to… it is superior to see the work that you need to put in to have the ability to do that.”
Reese additionally reached the 275-point, 225-rebound and 30-steal threshold in simply 20 video games. Solely Yolanda Griffith (19 in 1999) recorded such numbers in fewer video games.
Reese now has 14 double-doubles on the season, tied for fifth-most all time for a rookie. The double-double report for a first-year participant is 22 by Tina Charles.
“It is nice for me, with the ability to know the place I am at proper now and clearly I am not glad the place I am at,” Reese stated. “I’ve coaches and teammates round me that consider in me and belief me and I simply proceed to only belief the method of every little thing. I am grateful. I am blessed and fortunate to be named with these superb gamers. They’ve all the time been tremendous good to me. They’ve all the time been useful and provoking to me. I’ve watched all of them my life and at last to be right here on this second and break their data and with the ability to be up there with them is basically cool.”
Parker — who performed two seasons for Reese’s Sky and led them to the franchise’s solely title in 2021 — was a legend the rookie has lengthy admired and appeared to mannequin her recreation after. Reese stated she has additionally developed a relationship with Parker’s mom.
“To proceed to be named along with her, I need to win and with the ability to come out and are available to Chicago and rep her metropolis and convey a championship dwelling goes to be what’s essential for me and what I look ahead to,” Reese stated of Parker.
Reese shot 8-for-15 from the ground on Sunday; although she struggled at moments earlier this season along with her effectivity, she has shot a minimum of 50% from the ground in six of Chicago’s previous 11 video games.
“It is a degree of confidence to do far more than what folks suppose she will,” Weatherspoon stated of Reese’s in-season enchancment. “She’s in a position to belief herself, belief her coaching, shoot the ball when she’s open and believing and trusting that she will make these photographs as a result of while you put the work in, there isn’t any cause to not belief your coaching. And she or he’s doing that.
“She has gotten actually, actually good at ending across the rim, getting our offensive rebounds and putbacks or simply merely getting positioned in our offensive units and simply ending and ending with energy across the rim. So it is actually, actually good to see. She’s solely going to get higher as we transfer ahead.”
Reese — the No. 7 draft decide following a standout profession at Maryland and LSU, the place she gained the nationwide title in 2023 — joined Caitlin Clark final week as the one rookies to be named 2024 All-Stars. The pair, front-runners within the Rookie of the Yr race, will likely be teammates on Workforce WNBA and tackle the U.S. Olympic squad within the WNBA All-Star Recreation later this month.
“It is a pleasure to look at,” teammate Marina Mabrey stated of Reese. “She’s so constant. She is available in day-after-day and battles and fights and she or he’s tremendous bodily for a rookie, which is basically exhausting to do. That is often one of many greatest transitions and she or he type of simply jumped in there and did all of the soiled work, and now it is all paying off for her. And that is only the start, so I am excited to see the place it goes.”
With Sunday’s loss, the Sky fall to eighth within the standings however stay within the playoff image.
Chicago Sky rookie sensation Angel Reese made WNBA historical past on Sunday when she recorded her thirteenth consecutive double-double, a brand new league report, in her staff’s 84-71 loss to the Seattle Storm.
With 17 factors and 14 rebounds within the contest, Reese surpassed the W’s earlier report of 12 consecutive double-doubles, completed by all-time nice Candace Parker throughout the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
“I am simply attempting to be constant for my teammates, doing no matter I can to assist my staff,” Reese stated. “I believe I did not do sufficient tonight, however simply with the ability to be there for my teammates and realizing that I’ve a job to do day-after-day regardless of if I am a rookie or a vet.”
“It is completely superb to see,” first-year head coach Teresa Weatherspoon stated of Reese’s feat. “She may be shocking herself, however she’s not shocking me. It is one thing that she will do as a result of it is one thing that she places the work in to have the ability to do. And it is a will and want-to… it is superior to see the work that you need to put in to have the ability to do that.”
Reese additionally reached the 275-point, 225-rebound and 30-steal threshold in simply 20 video games. Solely Yolanda Griffith (19 in 1999) recorded such numbers in fewer video games.
Reese now has 14 double-doubles on the season, tied for fifth-most all time for a rookie. The double-double report for a first-year participant is 22 by Tina Charles.
“It is nice for me, with the ability to know the place I am at proper now and clearly I am not glad the place I am at,” Reese stated. “I’ve coaches and teammates round me that consider in me and belief me and I simply proceed to only belief the method of every little thing. I am grateful. I am blessed and fortunate to be named with these superb gamers. They’ve all the time been tremendous good to me. They’ve all the time been useful and provoking to me. I’ve watched all of them my life and at last to be right here on this second and break their data and with the ability to be up there with them is basically cool.”
Parker — who performed two seasons for Reese’s Sky and led them to the franchise’s solely title in 2021 — was a legend the rookie has lengthy admired and appeared to mannequin her recreation after. Reese stated she has additionally developed a relationship with Parker’s mom.
“To proceed to be named along with her, I need to win and with the ability to come out and are available to Chicago and rep her metropolis and convey a championship dwelling goes to be what’s essential for me and what I look ahead to,” Reese stated of Parker.
Reese shot 8-for-15 from the ground on Sunday; although she struggled at moments earlier this season along with her effectivity, she has shot a minimum of 50% from the ground in six of Chicago’s previous 11 video games.
“It is a degree of confidence to do far more than what folks suppose she will,” Weatherspoon stated of Reese’s in-season enchancment. “She’s in a position to belief herself, belief her coaching, shoot the ball when she’s open and believing and trusting that she will make these photographs as a result of while you put the work in, there isn’t any cause to not belief your coaching. And she or he’s doing that.
“She has gotten actually, actually good at ending across the rim, getting our offensive rebounds and putbacks or simply merely getting positioned in our offensive units and simply ending and ending with energy across the rim. So it is actually, actually good to see. She’s solely going to get higher as we transfer ahead.”
Reese — the No. 7 draft decide following a standout profession at Maryland and LSU, the place she gained the nationwide title in 2023 — joined Caitlin Clark final week as the one rookies to be named 2024 All-Stars. The pair, front-runners within the Rookie of the Yr race, will likely be teammates on Workforce WNBA and tackle the U.S. Olympic squad within the WNBA All-Star Recreation later this month.
“It is a pleasure to look at,” teammate Marina Mabrey stated of Reese. “She’s so constant. She is available in day-after-day and battles and fights and she or he’s tremendous bodily for a rookie, which is basically exhausting to do. That is often one of many greatest transitions and she or he type of simply jumped in there and did all of the soiled work, and now it is all paying off for her. And that is only the start, so I am excited to see the place it goes.”
With Sunday’s loss, the Sky fall to eighth within the standings however stay within the playoff image.
Chicago Sky rookie sensation Angel Reese made WNBA historical past on Sunday when she recorded her thirteenth consecutive double-double, a brand new league report, in her staff’s 84-71 loss to the Seattle Storm.
With 17 factors and 14 rebounds within the contest, Reese surpassed the W’s earlier report of 12 consecutive double-doubles, completed by all-time nice Candace Parker throughout the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
“I am simply attempting to be constant for my teammates, doing no matter I can to assist my staff,” Reese stated. “I believe I did not do sufficient tonight, however simply with the ability to be there for my teammates and realizing that I’ve a job to do day-after-day regardless of if I am a rookie or a vet.”
“It is completely superb to see,” first-year head coach Teresa Weatherspoon stated of Reese’s feat. “She may be shocking herself, however she’s not shocking me. It is one thing that she will do as a result of it is one thing that she places the work in to have the ability to do. And it is a will and want-to… it is superior to see the work that you need to put in to have the ability to do that.”
Reese additionally reached the 275-point, 225-rebound and 30-steal threshold in simply 20 video games. Solely Yolanda Griffith (19 in 1999) recorded such numbers in fewer video games.
Reese now has 14 double-doubles on the season, tied for fifth-most all time for a rookie. The double-double report for a first-year participant is 22 by Tina Charles.
“It is nice for me, with the ability to know the place I am at proper now and clearly I am not glad the place I am at,” Reese stated. “I’ve coaches and teammates round me that consider in me and belief me and I simply proceed to only belief the method of every little thing. I am grateful. I am blessed and fortunate to be named with these superb gamers. They’ve all the time been tremendous good to me. They’ve all the time been useful and provoking to me. I’ve watched all of them my life and at last to be right here on this second and break their data and with the ability to be up there with them is basically cool.”
Parker — who performed two seasons for Reese’s Sky and led them to the franchise’s solely title in 2021 — was a legend the rookie has lengthy admired and appeared to mannequin her recreation after. Reese stated she has additionally developed a relationship with Parker’s mom.
“To proceed to be named along with her, I need to win and with the ability to come out and are available to Chicago and rep her metropolis and convey a championship dwelling goes to be what’s essential for me and what I look ahead to,” Reese stated of Parker.
Reese shot 8-for-15 from the ground on Sunday; although she struggled at moments earlier this season along with her effectivity, she has shot a minimum of 50% from the ground in six of Chicago’s previous 11 video games.
“It is a degree of confidence to do far more than what folks suppose she will,” Weatherspoon stated of Reese’s in-season enchancment. “She’s in a position to belief herself, belief her coaching, shoot the ball when she’s open and believing and trusting that she will make these photographs as a result of while you put the work in, there isn’t any cause to not belief your coaching. And she or he’s doing that.
“She has gotten actually, actually good at ending across the rim, getting our offensive rebounds and putbacks or simply merely getting positioned in our offensive units and simply ending and ending with energy across the rim. So it is actually, actually good to see. She’s solely going to get higher as we transfer ahead.”
Reese — the No. 7 draft decide following a standout profession at Maryland and LSU, the place she gained the nationwide title in 2023 — joined Caitlin Clark final week as the one rookies to be named 2024 All-Stars. The pair, front-runners within the Rookie of the Yr race, will likely be teammates on Workforce WNBA and tackle the U.S. Olympic squad within the WNBA All-Star Recreation later this month.
“It is a pleasure to look at,” teammate Marina Mabrey stated of Reese. “She’s so constant. She is available in day-after-day and battles and fights and she or he’s tremendous bodily for a rookie, which is basically exhausting to do. That is often one of many greatest transitions and she or he type of simply jumped in there and did all of the soiled work, and now it is all paying off for her. And that is only the start, so I am excited to see the place it goes.”
With Sunday’s loss, the Sky fall to eighth within the standings however stay within the playoff image.
Chicago Sky rookie sensation Angel Reese made WNBA historical past on Sunday when she recorded her thirteenth consecutive double-double, a brand new league report, in her staff’s 84-71 loss to the Seattle Storm.
With 17 factors and 14 rebounds within the contest, Reese surpassed the W’s earlier report of 12 consecutive double-doubles, completed by all-time nice Candace Parker throughout the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
“I am simply attempting to be constant for my teammates, doing no matter I can to assist my staff,” Reese stated. “I believe I did not do sufficient tonight, however simply with the ability to be there for my teammates and realizing that I’ve a job to do day-after-day regardless of if I am a rookie or a vet.”
“It is completely superb to see,” first-year head coach Teresa Weatherspoon stated of Reese’s feat. “She may be shocking herself, however she’s not shocking me. It is one thing that she will do as a result of it is one thing that she places the work in to have the ability to do. And it is a will and want-to… it is superior to see the work that you need to put in to have the ability to do that.”
Reese additionally reached the 275-point, 225-rebound and 30-steal threshold in simply 20 video games. Solely Yolanda Griffith (19 in 1999) recorded such numbers in fewer video games.
Reese now has 14 double-doubles on the season, tied for fifth-most all time for a rookie. The double-double report for a first-year participant is 22 by Tina Charles.
“It is nice for me, with the ability to know the place I am at proper now and clearly I am not glad the place I am at,” Reese stated. “I’ve coaches and teammates round me that consider in me and belief me and I simply proceed to only belief the method of every little thing. I am grateful. I am blessed and fortunate to be named with these superb gamers. They’ve all the time been tremendous good to me. They’ve all the time been useful and provoking to me. I’ve watched all of them my life and at last to be right here on this second and break their data and with the ability to be up there with them is basically cool.”
Parker — who performed two seasons for Reese’s Sky and led them to the franchise’s solely title in 2021 — was a legend the rookie has lengthy admired and appeared to mannequin her recreation after. Reese stated she has additionally developed a relationship with Parker’s mom.
“To proceed to be named along with her, I need to win and with the ability to come out and are available to Chicago and rep her metropolis and convey a championship dwelling goes to be what’s essential for me and what I look ahead to,” Reese stated of Parker.
Reese shot 8-for-15 from the ground on Sunday; although she struggled at moments earlier this season along with her effectivity, she has shot a minimum of 50% from the ground in six of Chicago’s previous 11 video games.
“It is a degree of confidence to do far more than what folks suppose she will,” Weatherspoon stated of Reese’s in-season enchancment. “She’s in a position to belief herself, belief her coaching, shoot the ball when she’s open and believing and trusting that she will make these photographs as a result of while you put the work in, there isn’t any cause to not belief your coaching. And she or he’s doing that.
“She has gotten actually, actually good at ending across the rim, getting our offensive rebounds and putbacks or simply merely getting positioned in our offensive units and simply ending and ending with energy across the rim. So it is actually, actually good to see. She’s solely going to get higher as we transfer ahead.”
Reese — the No. 7 draft decide following a standout profession at Maryland and LSU, the place she gained the nationwide title in 2023 — joined Caitlin Clark final week as the one rookies to be named 2024 All-Stars. The pair, front-runners within the Rookie of the Yr race, will likely be teammates on Workforce WNBA and tackle the U.S. Olympic squad within the WNBA All-Star Recreation later this month.
“It is a pleasure to look at,” teammate Marina Mabrey stated of Reese. “She’s so constant. She is available in day-after-day and battles and fights and she or he’s tremendous bodily for a rookie, which is basically exhausting to do. That is often one of many greatest transitions and she or he type of simply jumped in there and did all of the soiled work, and now it is all paying off for her. And that is only the start, so I am excited to see the place it goes.”
With Sunday’s loss, the Sky fall to eighth within the standings however stay within the playoff image.
Chicago Sky rookie sensation Angel Reese made WNBA historical past on Sunday when she recorded her thirteenth consecutive double-double, a brand new league report, in her staff’s 84-71 loss to the Seattle Storm.
With 17 factors and 14 rebounds within the contest, Reese surpassed the W’s earlier report of 12 consecutive double-doubles, completed by all-time nice Candace Parker throughout the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
“I am simply attempting to be constant for my teammates, doing no matter I can to assist my staff,” Reese stated. “I believe I did not do sufficient tonight, however simply with the ability to be there for my teammates and realizing that I’ve a job to do day-after-day regardless of if I am a rookie or a vet.”
“It is completely superb to see,” first-year head coach Teresa Weatherspoon stated of Reese’s feat. “She may be shocking herself, however she’s not shocking me. It is one thing that she will do as a result of it is one thing that she places the work in to have the ability to do. And it is a will and want-to… it is superior to see the work that you need to put in to have the ability to do that.”
Reese additionally reached the 275-point, 225-rebound and 30-steal threshold in simply 20 video games. Solely Yolanda Griffith (19 in 1999) recorded such numbers in fewer video games.
Reese now has 14 double-doubles on the season, tied for fifth-most all time for a rookie. The double-double report for a first-year participant is 22 by Tina Charles.
“It is nice for me, with the ability to know the place I am at proper now and clearly I am not glad the place I am at,” Reese stated. “I’ve coaches and teammates round me that consider in me and belief me and I simply proceed to only belief the method of every little thing. I am grateful. I am blessed and fortunate to be named with these superb gamers. They’ve all the time been tremendous good to me. They’ve all the time been useful and provoking to me. I’ve watched all of them my life and at last to be right here on this second and break their data and with the ability to be up there with them is basically cool.”
Parker — who performed two seasons for Reese’s Sky and led them to the franchise’s solely title in 2021 — was a legend the rookie has lengthy admired and appeared to mannequin her recreation after. Reese stated she has additionally developed a relationship with Parker’s mom.
“To proceed to be named along with her, I need to win and with the ability to come out and are available to Chicago and rep her metropolis and convey a championship dwelling goes to be what’s essential for me and what I look ahead to,” Reese stated of Parker.
Reese shot 8-for-15 from the ground on Sunday; although she struggled at moments earlier this season along with her effectivity, she has shot a minimum of 50% from the ground in six of Chicago’s previous 11 video games.
“It is a degree of confidence to do far more than what folks suppose she will,” Weatherspoon stated of Reese’s in-season enchancment. “She’s in a position to belief herself, belief her coaching, shoot the ball when she’s open and believing and trusting that she will make these photographs as a result of while you put the work in, there isn’t any cause to not belief your coaching. And she or he’s doing that.
“She has gotten actually, actually good at ending across the rim, getting our offensive rebounds and putbacks or simply merely getting positioned in our offensive units and simply ending and ending with energy across the rim. So it is actually, actually good to see. She’s solely going to get higher as we transfer ahead.”
Reese — the No. 7 draft decide following a standout profession at Maryland and LSU, the place she gained the nationwide title in 2023 — joined Caitlin Clark final week as the one rookies to be named 2024 All-Stars. The pair, front-runners within the Rookie of the Yr race, will likely be teammates on Workforce WNBA and tackle the U.S. Olympic squad within the WNBA All-Star Recreation later this month.
“It is a pleasure to look at,” teammate Marina Mabrey stated of Reese. “She’s so constant. She is available in day-after-day and battles and fights and she or he’s tremendous bodily for a rookie, which is basically exhausting to do. That is often one of many greatest transitions and she or he type of simply jumped in there and did all of the soiled work, and now it is all paying off for her. And that is only the start, so I am excited to see the place it goes.”
With Sunday’s loss, the Sky fall to eighth within the standings however stay within the playoff image.
Chicago Sky rookie sensation Angel Reese made WNBA historical past on Sunday when she recorded her thirteenth consecutive double-double, a brand new league report, in her staff’s 84-71 loss to the Seattle Storm.
With 17 factors and 14 rebounds within the contest, Reese surpassed the W’s earlier report of 12 consecutive double-doubles, completed by all-time nice Candace Parker throughout the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
“I am simply attempting to be constant for my teammates, doing no matter I can to assist my staff,” Reese stated. “I believe I did not do sufficient tonight, however simply with the ability to be there for my teammates and realizing that I’ve a job to do day-after-day regardless of if I am a rookie or a vet.”
“It is completely superb to see,” first-year head coach Teresa Weatherspoon stated of Reese’s feat. “She may be shocking herself, however she’s not shocking me. It is one thing that she will do as a result of it is one thing that she places the work in to have the ability to do. And it is a will and want-to… it is superior to see the work that you need to put in to have the ability to do that.”
Reese additionally reached the 275-point, 225-rebound and 30-steal threshold in simply 20 video games. Solely Yolanda Griffith (19 in 1999) recorded such numbers in fewer video games.
Reese now has 14 double-doubles on the season, tied for fifth-most all time for a rookie. The double-double report for a first-year participant is 22 by Tina Charles.
“It is nice for me, with the ability to know the place I am at proper now and clearly I am not glad the place I am at,” Reese stated. “I’ve coaches and teammates round me that consider in me and belief me and I simply proceed to only belief the method of every little thing. I am grateful. I am blessed and fortunate to be named with these superb gamers. They’ve all the time been tremendous good to me. They’ve all the time been useful and provoking to me. I’ve watched all of them my life and at last to be right here on this second and break their data and with the ability to be up there with them is basically cool.”
Parker — who performed two seasons for Reese’s Sky and led them to the franchise’s solely title in 2021 — was a legend the rookie has lengthy admired and appeared to mannequin her recreation after. Reese stated she has additionally developed a relationship with Parker’s mom.
“To proceed to be named along with her, I need to win and with the ability to come out and are available to Chicago and rep her metropolis and convey a championship dwelling goes to be what’s essential for me and what I look ahead to,” Reese stated of Parker.
Reese shot 8-for-15 from the ground on Sunday; although she struggled at moments earlier this season along with her effectivity, she has shot a minimum of 50% from the ground in six of Chicago’s previous 11 video games.
“It is a degree of confidence to do far more than what folks suppose she will,” Weatherspoon stated of Reese’s in-season enchancment. “She’s in a position to belief herself, belief her coaching, shoot the ball when she’s open and believing and trusting that she will make these photographs as a result of while you put the work in, there isn’t any cause to not belief your coaching. And she or he’s doing that.
“She has gotten actually, actually good at ending across the rim, getting our offensive rebounds and putbacks or simply merely getting positioned in our offensive units and simply ending and ending with energy across the rim. So it is actually, actually good to see. She’s solely going to get higher as we transfer ahead.”
Reese — the No. 7 draft decide following a standout profession at Maryland and LSU, the place she gained the nationwide title in 2023 — joined Caitlin Clark final week as the one rookies to be named 2024 All-Stars. The pair, front-runners within the Rookie of the Yr race, will likely be teammates on Workforce WNBA and tackle the U.S. Olympic squad within the WNBA All-Star Recreation later this month.
“It is a pleasure to look at,” teammate Marina Mabrey stated of Reese. “She’s so constant. She is available in day-after-day and battles and fights and she or he’s tremendous bodily for a rookie, which is basically exhausting to do. That is often one of many greatest transitions and she or he type of simply jumped in there and did all of the soiled work, and now it is all paying off for her. And that is only the start, so I am excited to see the place it goes.”
With Sunday’s loss, the Sky fall to eighth within the standings however stay within the playoff image.
Chicago Sky rookie sensation Angel Reese made WNBA historical past on Sunday when she recorded her thirteenth consecutive double-double, a brand new league report, in her staff’s 84-71 loss to the Seattle Storm.
With 17 factors and 14 rebounds within the contest, Reese surpassed the W’s earlier report of 12 consecutive double-doubles, completed by all-time nice Candace Parker throughout the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
“I am simply attempting to be constant for my teammates, doing no matter I can to assist my staff,” Reese stated. “I believe I did not do sufficient tonight, however simply with the ability to be there for my teammates and realizing that I’ve a job to do day-after-day regardless of if I am a rookie or a vet.”
“It is completely superb to see,” first-year head coach Teresa Weatherspoon stated of Reese’s feat. “She may be shocking herself, however she’s not shocking me. It is one thing that she will do as a result of it is one thing that she places the work in to have the ability to do. And it is a will and want-to… it is superior to see the work that you need to put in to have the ability to do that.”
Reese additionally reached the 275-point, 225-rebound and 30-steal threshold in simply 20 video games. Solely Yolanda Griffith (19 in 1999) recorded such numbers in fewer video games.
Reese now has 14 double-doubles on the season, tied for fifth-most all time for a rookie. The double-double report for a first-year participant is 22 by Tina Charles.
“It is nice for me, with the ability to know the place I am at proper now and clearly I am not glad the place I am at,” Reese stated. “I’ve coaches and teammates round me that consider in me and belief me and I simply proceed to only belief the method of every little thing. I am grateful. I am blessed and fortunate to be named with these superb gamers. They’ve all the time been tremendous good to me. They’ve all the time been useful and provoking to me. I’ve watched all of them my life and at last to be right here on this second and break their data and with the ability to be up there with them is basically cool.”
Parker — who performed two seasons for Reese’s Sky and led them to the franchise’s solely title in 2021 — was a legend the rookie has lengthy admired and appeared to mannequin her recreation after. Reese stated she has additionally developed a relationship with Parker’s mom.
“To proceed to be named along with her, I need to win and with the ability to come out and are available to Chicago and rep her metropolis and convey a championship dwelling goes to be what’s essential for me and what I look ahead to,” Reese stated of Parker.
Reese shot 8-for-15 from the ground on Sunday; although she struggled at moments earlier this season along with her effectivity, she has shot a minimum of 50% from the ground in six of Chicago’s previous 11 video games.
“It is a degree of confidence to do far more than what folks suppose she will,” Weatherspoon stated of Reese’s in-season enchancment. “She’s in a position to belief herself, belief her coaching, shoot the ball when she’s open and believing and trusting that she will make these photographs as a result of while you put the work in, there isn’t any cause to not belief your coaching. And she or he’s doing that.
“She has gotten actually, actually good at ending across the rim, getting our offensive rebounds and putbacks or simply merely getting positioned in our offensive units and simply ending and ending with energy across the rim. So it is actually, actually good to see. She’s solely going to get higher as we transfer ahead.”
Reese — the No. 7 draft decide following a standout profession at Maryland and LSU, the place she gained the nationwide title in 2023 — joined Caitlin Clark final week as the one rookies to be named 2024 All-Stars. The pair, front-runners within the Rookie of the Yr race, will likely be teammates on Workforce WNBA and tackle the U.S. Olympic squad within the WNBA All-Star Recreation later this month.
“It is a pleasure to look at,” teammate Marina Mabrey stated of Reese. “She’s so constant. She is available in day-after-day and battles and fights and she or he’s tremendous bodily for a rookie, which is basically exhausting to do. That is often one of many greatest transitions and she or he type of simply jumped in there and did all of the soiled work, and now it is all paying off for her. And that is only the start, so I am excited to see the place it goes.”
With Sunday’s loss, the Sky fall to eighth within the standings however stay within the playoff image.
Chicago Sky rookie sensation Angel Reese made WNBA historical past on Sunday when she recorded her thirteenth consecutive double-double, a brand new league report, in her staff’s 84-71 loss to the Seattle Storm.
With 17 factors and 14 rebounds within the contest, Reese surpassed the W’s earlier report of 12 consecutive double-doubles, completed by all-time nice Candace Parker throughout the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
“I am simply attempting to be constant for my teammates, doing no matter I can to assist my staff,” Reese stated. “I believe I did not do sufficient tonight, however simply with the ability to be there for my teammates and realizing that I’ve a job to do day-after-day regardless of if I am a rookie or a vet.”
“It is completely superb to see,” first-year head coach Teresa Weatherspoon stated of Reese’s feat. “She may be shocking herself, however she’s not shocking me. It is one thing that she will do as a result of it is one thing that she places the work in to have the ability to do. And it is a will and want-to… it is superior to see the work that you need to put in to have the ability to do that.”
Reese additionally reached the 275-point, 225-rebound and 30-steal threshold in simply 20 video games. Solely Yolanda Griffith (19 in 1999) recorded such numbers in fewer video games.
Reese now has 14 double-doubles on the season, tied for fifth-most all time for a rookie. The double-double report for a first-year participant is 22 by Tina Charles.
“It is nice for me, with the ability to know the place I am at proper now and clearly I am not glad the place I am at,” Reese stated. “I’ve coaches and teammates round me that consider in me and belief me and I simply proceed to only belief the method of every little thing. I am grateful. I am blessed and fortunate to be named with these superb gamers. They’ve all the time been tremendous good to me. They’ve all the time been useful and provoking to me. I’ve watched all of them my life and at last to be right here on this second and break their data and with the ability to be up there with them is basically cool.”
Parker — who performed two seasons for Reese’s Sky and led them to the franchise’s solely title in 2021 — was a legend the rookie has lengthy admired and appeared to mannequin her recreation after. Reese stated she has additionally developed a relationship with Parker’s mom.
“To proceed to be named along with her, I need to win and with the ability to come out and are available to Chicago and rep her metropolis and convey a championship dwelling goes to be what’s essential for me and what I look ahead to,” Reese stated of Parker.
Reese shot 8-for-15 from the ground on Sunday; although she struggled at moments earlier this season along with her effectivity, she has shot a minimum of 50% from the ground in six of Chicago’s previous 11 video games.
“It is a degree of confidence to do far more than what folks suppose she will,” Weatherspoon stated of Reese’s in-season enchancment. “She’s in a position to belief herself, belief her coaching, shoot the ball when she’s open and believing and trusting that she will make these photographs as a result of while you put the work in, there isn’t any cause to not belief your coaching. And she or he’s doing that.
“She has gotten actually, actually good at ending across the rim, getting our offensive rebounds and putbacks or simply merely getting positioned in our offensive units and simply ending and ending with energy across the rim. So it is actually, actually good to see. She’s solely going to get higher as we transfer ahead.”
Reese — the No. 7 draft decide following a standout profession at Maryland and LSU, the place she gained the nationwide title in 2023 — joined Caitlin Clark final week as the one rookies to be named 2024 All-Stars. The pair, front-runners within the Rookie of the Yr race, will likely be teammates on Workforce WNBA and tackle the U.S. Olympic squad within the WNBA All-Star Recreation later this month.
“It is a pleasure to look at,” teammate Marina Mabrey stated of Reese. “She’s so constant. She is available in day-after-day and battles and fights and she or he’s tremendous bodily for a rookie, which is basically exhausting to do. That is often one of many greatest transitions and she or he type of simply jumped in there and did all of the soiled work, and now it is all paying off for her. And that is only the start, so I am excited to see the place it goes.”
With Sunday’s loss, the Sky fall to eighth within the standings however stay within the playoff image.