Angel Reese Responds to Heinous Non-Basketball Play, Embraces Physicality

Chicago Sky rookie ahead Angel Reese has skilled her first “welcome to the league” second. On Saturday, her staff took on the Connecticut Solar, through which they fell quick 86-82. Late within the third quarter, Reese went up for a rebound, and Solar ahead Alyssa Thomas gave an excellent old school clothesline to Reese’s neck. She was knocked down and, luckily, received again up with grace.

Thomas was referred to as for a flagrant foul 2 and ejected from the sport. This is how the play transpired.

Whereas the foul was exhausting and appeared malicious, Reese was the primary to say that she does not view it as private, in reality, she encourages it. She spoke to the media after the sport and mentioned ‘it is all basketball.’

“It is not simply because I am a rookie. I am a participant. I am a basketball participant,” Reese said.“They do not give a rattling if I am a rookie. I imply, I need them to return at me daily. I need them to return at all people.”

“I imply, they don’t seem to be alleged to be good to me. I hope y’all know that. They don’t seem to be alleged to be good to me or lay down as a result of I am Angel Reese or as a result of I am a rookie. Like, thanks AT for sending a message to me as a result of I received again up and I saved going and saved pushing. Like me and AT have been cool since we had been at Maryland so I do know it is no exhausting emotions. I respect her for going at me at this time or daily.”

The 22-year-old rookie hails from Maryland and attended Maryland College for her first two seasons in school. Humorous sufficient, Thomas additionally attended Maryland and was the fourth total decide within the 2014 WNBA Draft. Earlier than the sport, Resse expressed her admiration for Thomas. After the sport, that remained the identical, however Reese mentioned she did not suppose Thomas’ foul was malicious.

“No exhausting emotions to AT,” Reese said. “I do know she purposely most likely did not do it in direction of me, however simply having the ability to come on the market and simply be sturdy and stand on two ft, it was going to be a troublesome sport and that is what I am constructed for.”

In 4 regular-season video games to this point, Reese averages 12.3 factors per sport, 7.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.0 steals, and 35.7 % taking pictures from the sector. As we have seen in her time at LSU, Reese is not shy about getting bodily and can play her sport regardless.

The Chicago Sky sit at 2-2, with their subsequent matchup at dwelling towards the Seattle Storm.