(Photo : Emilee Chinn/Getty Images) INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – Angel Reese (#5) of the Chicago Sky reacts after fouling Caitlin Clark (#22) of the Indiana Fever through the second half at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on June 16, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Angel Reese has addressed her relationship with Caitlin Clark and the narrative round their rivalry as the 2 vie for the WNBA Rookie of the Year award.
In the primary episode of her “Unapologetically Angel” podcast, co-host Maya Reese requested the Chicago Sky star how she felt in regards to the media pitting her and the 2024 WNBA primary draft choose towards one another.
While Reese spoke extremely of Clark as a participant, even calling her “amazing,” she has expressed frustration with a few of Clark’s fanbase.
“Caitlin is an amazing player and I’ve always thought she was an amazing player … I think it’s really just the fans – her fans, the Iowa fans, now the Indiana fans – that are … sometimes it’s very disrespectful,” the previous LSU Tigers standout mentioned.
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Reese mentioned that she has acquired racist feedback, dying threats, and harassment from a few of Clark’s followers. The 22-year-old added that some have additionally despatched pretend nude photographs of her to her household.
Despite this, the athlete factors out that “there’s never been beef” between her and the Indiana Fever star.
“At the end of the day, it’s a game that we do both love, but there is no hate. We’re going to play on the same team one day, I’m sure,” Reese added.
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Reese, Clark Rivalry History
Reese and Clark have been competing since highschool, whereas the 2 performed in AAU.
The rivalry between the superstars began through the 2023 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship sport between LSU and the Iowa Hawkeyes. As LSU was about to safe the win, Reese made a number of frightening gestures to Clark, together with pointing to her ring finger, signaling LSU’s impending championship victory.
Many thought-about the transfer disrespectful and unsportsmanlike.
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The conflict continued to the WNBA the place the 2 have been dominating of their rookie season. While many declare Clark is a runaway winner for the Rookie of the Year award, Reese’s followers argue she’s probably the most dominant rebounder within the league proper now.
It could take till the tip of the season on Oct. 20 for the WNBA awards winners to be revealed.
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