WNBA star Angel Reese was not having it on Tuesday.
The Chicago Sky rookie went out of her method to reply to a person with lower than 300 followers on X after he mocked her for lacking layups.
Reese introduced up her 39% capturing proportion as one thing to brag about in her impassioned clapback to the fan.
“Do you notice I obtained drafted seventh in my class whereas ‘lacking layups’ as a ROOKIE capturing 39% on the 12 months and was STILL an All-Star and that was the worst you’ll ever see me?” Reese wrote. “Otherwise you simply laid up together with your canine at residence hating Adam?”
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Angel Reese attends a recreation between the Minnesota Lynx and the New York Liberty throughout Recreation 5 of the 2024 WNBA Finals on Oct. 20, 2024 in Brooklyn, New York. (Melanie Fidler/NBAE by way of Getty Pictures)
Reese’s response drew blended responses on social media. Some followers praised her for standing up for herself, taking satisfaction in her efficiency and expressing confidence about her future.
“[Angel Reese] = chief + competitor + nice teammate …scary her finest is but to return!” one fan wrote.
In the meantime, some critics on social media mocked her even additional for boasting about capturing 39%.
“I’m actually not attempting to hate in any respect however 39% as a publish participant is absurd work,” a crucial person wrote in response.
Reese’s capturing potential was not thought of a power of her recreation going into the WNBA after her championship school profession at LSU. At 6 ft, 3-inches tall, Reese was thought of a premier defender and rebounder. She lived as much as that fame as a rookie, whereas proving the doubters of her capturing potential very proper.
She averaged 13.1 rebounds per recreation in 2024 and have become the primary participant in WNBA historical past with three consecutive 20-plus rebound video games. Reese at one level even broke the WNBA single-season help file on Sept. 1. Nevertheless, season-ending wrist surgical procedure a couple of weeks later prevented her from holding the file, as eventual MVP A’ja Wilson broke the file for herself on Sept. 11.
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Angel Reese, #5 of the Chicago Sky, performs protection in the course of the recreation in opposition to the Las Vegas Aces on June 27, 2024 on the Wintrust Area in Chicago. (Randy Belice/NBAE by way of Getty Pictures)
As a shooter, Reese didn’t simply shoot 39% from the sphere, but in addition shot 18.8% from 3-point vary and simply 73.6% on the free-throw line. She missed layups on a number of events in her first 12 months.
Nevertheless, the damage and the poor capturing has not stopped Reese from placing herself on the market this 12 months as a younger professional sports activities star.
Her willingness to have interaction straight with low-profile social media customers is resemblent to the notorious habits of NBA veteran celebrity Kevin Durant.
Along with frequent feisty social media exchanges with followers, Reese has turn out to be a podcast host and is even beginning to make her identify within the hip-hop trade.
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Angel Reese, #5 of the Chicago Sky, appears on in the course of the recreation in opposition to the Phoenix Mercury on Aug. 18, 2024 at Footprint Middle in Phoenix. (Kate Frese/NBAE by way of Getty Pictures)
Reese lately made an look on “Nick Cannon Presents: Wild ‘n Out,” a sketch comedy and battle rap improv present.
She launched her personal podcast “Unapolagetically Angel” earlier than she was even completed together with her rookie season and has stored releasing episodes each week, even after her WNBA season ended early because of a wrist damage in early September.
The podcast has stirred controversy a number of instances, together with the very first episode when she spoke out in opposition to followers of rival participant Caitlin Clark, alleging they’d despatched her loss of life threats and made specific AI photos of her and despatched them to her household. In her most up-to-date episode, Reese interviewed the ex-girlfriend of Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce about their previous relationship. This interview caused a flurry of criticism, significantly from followers of Kelce’s new girlfriend, Taylor Swift.
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