Angel Reese Talks Caitlin Clark, Says the WNBA Has Grown ‘Because of Me Too’

Angel Reese desires ladies’s basketball lovers to understand that she and her teammates have additionally performed a job within the recreation’s rising reputation.

The WNBA celebrity addressed the Chicago Sky’s Saturday, June 1, loss towards the Indiana Fever and Caitlin Clark’s affect at the league day talking to journalists on Monday, June 3.

“I think so many people are watching women’s basketball right now. It all started from the national championship game, and I’ve been dealing with this for two years now and understand that, yeah, negative things have probably been said about me. But honestly, I’ll take that because look where women’s basketball is,” she mentioned.

“People are talking about women’s basketball that you’d never would think would be talking about women’s basketball. People are pulling up to games. We’ve got celebrities coming to games [and] sold-out arenas just because of one single game,” mentioned Reese. “And just looking at that, I’ll take that role. I’ll take the bad guy role, and I’ll continue to take that on and be that for my teammates, and I know I’ll go down in history.”

“I’ll look back in 20 years and be like: ‘Yeah, the reason why we’re watching women’s basketball is not just because of one person, it’s because of me too, and I want you to realize that,” endured Reese. “Like it’s just not cause of one person. A lot of us have done so much for this game.”

Reese, who was once the 7th pick out within the 2024 WNBA Draft in April, was once fined $1,000 for “failing to make herself available to the media for interviews” next Saturday’s recreation, the WNBA mentioned in a observation, in step with the Related Press and The Unutilized York Occasions.

“In addition, the Sky organization has been fined $5,000 for failing to ensure that all players comply with WNBA media policies,” the league’s observation added, according to the shops. Along side Reese, her teammate Chennedy Carter’s foul given on account of knocking Clark to the garden within the 3rd quarter was once additionally upgraded to a flagrant 1 violation.

Life talking to journalists on Monday, Reese mentioned she was once taking “accountability.”

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“That was something on my behalf that I wasn’t able to do at the moment just because of the timeline of it but [I’m] making sure moving forward I’ll take time out for you guys,” she added.