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After teaming up with Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark at WNBA All-Star Weekend, Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese is hopeful she will be able to play alongside aspect Clark once more on the Olympics in just a few years.
“It has been nice,” Reese mentioned through the broadcast of Saturday’s All-Star Recreation, per Forbes’ Adam Zagoria. “Hopefully in 4 years we could be within the Olympics collectively.”
Reese reiterated after the All-Star Recreation, which Group WNBA received 117-109 towards Group USA, that she’s eyeing a future Olympic berth.
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“I simply needed to go away my mark. Sooner or later I wanna be capable to be a [USA Basketball] member.”
—Angel Reese after dropping a double-double within the AT&T WNBA All-Star Recreation 🔥 pic.twitter.com/Uoi2FFBxNg
Whereas neither Clark nor Reese was named to Group USA for the 2024 Olympics, each had been named All-Stars and are taking over america Girls’s Nationwide Group on Saturday.
Each Reese and Clark are off to excellent begins of their WNBA careers. Clark is averaging 17.1 factors, 8.2 assists and 5.8 rebounds per recreation and lately set a league document for assists in a single recreation with 19. Reese is placing up 13.5 factors and 12 rebounds per recreation. Reese additionally lately set a document of her personal for probably the most consecutive double-doubles.
As Clark and Reese proceed to battle it out for WNBA Rookie of the Yr, their respective groups are combating for a spot within the playoffs.
The Fever are at present in seventh place within the league standings at 11-15, however the Sky are only a recreation behind them at 10-14. After the All-Star break, the race for the ultimate spot within the postseason ought to be attention-grabbing.
For now, Clark and Reese will proceed to take pleasure in their time enjoying on the identical workforce.
