{"id":120127,"date":"2025-09-04T20:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/120127\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T20:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:13:07","slug":"angel-reese-apologizes-for-negative-comments-about-chicago-sky-teammates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/120127\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Reese Apologizes for Negative Comments About Chicago Sky Teammates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> NEED TO KNOW<br \/>\nAngel Reese apologized to her teammates after an interview with the Chicago Tribune sparked backlash on Sept. 3Reese said she&#8217;s &#8220;frustrated&#8221; with herself but thinks the language was &#8220;taken out of context&#8221; in the interview&#8221;I just have to really be better and grow from this,&#8221; Reese told reporters after the Sky beat the Sun<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/angel-reese-little-girl-in-her-proud-first-2k26-wnba-cover-exclusive-11768789\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Angel Reese<\/a> has apologized to her Chicago Sky teammates after criticizing the roster in a recent interview.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> After the Sky defeated the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday, Sept. 3, Reese, 23, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=be5mCMf8k_U\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was asked<\/a> if she&#8217;s frustrated with the organization after the Chicago Tribune <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2025\/09\/03\/chicago-sky-angel-reese-free-agency\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">quoted<\/a> her saying that she questioned her teammates&#8217; ability to win and said she would potentially leave the team if things didn&#8217;t improve.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Reese acknowledged the article and said, &#8220;I probably am frustrated with myself right now.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The WNBA star said she thinks &#8220;the language is taken out of context&#8221; and clarified, &#8220;I really didn&#8217;t intentionally mean to put down my teammates, because they&#8217;ve been through this with me throughout the whole year.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p> Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky on Aug. 28, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Barry Gossage\/NBAE via Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> She mentioned how her teammates have also &#8220;busted their ass&#8221; like she has, and have &#8220;showed up for me through thick and thin, and in the locker room when nobody could see anything.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Reese continued, &#8220;So, I want to apologize to my teammates, which I already have, about the article and how it was misconstrued about what was said,&#8221; adding that she has &#8220;to be better&#8221; with her &#8220;language&#8221; in interviews.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;Because I know it&#8217;s not the message, it&#8217;s the messenger, and understanding what I say can be taken any kind of way. So, I just have to really be better and grow from this,&#8221; she concluded.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The Sept. 3 article from the Chicago Tribune included quotes from Reese, who one day earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/46140277\/angel-reese-chicago-sky-acting-debut-house-dynamite\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> she&#8217;ll be starring in her first film alongside Idris Elba, saying, \u201cI am very vocal about what we need and what I want. I\u2019d like to be here for my career, but if things don\u2019t pan out, obviously I might have to move in a different direction and do what\u2019s best for me.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p> Angel Reese of the Sky and Saniya Rivers of the Sun on Sept. 3, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Melissa Tamez\/Icon Sportswire via Getty\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> She reportedly told the outlet that she&#8217;s &#8220;trying to stay open-minded&#8221; while she&#8217;s on the team, but said she&#8217;s &#8220;not settling for the same [expletive] we did this year,&#8221; referring to her team&#8217;s losing record.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cWe have to get good players. We have to get great players. That\u2019s a non-negotiable for me. I\u2019m willing and wanting to play with the best. And however I can help to get the best here, that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do this offseason,&#8221; Reese told the newspaper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Angel Reese apologized to her teammates after an interview with the Chicago Tribune sparked backlash&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-120127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}