“I\u2019m not settling for the same s*** we did this year,” Reese told Julia Poe of the Chicago Tribune recently. \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.”<\/p>\n
tonight\u2019s game status report @UChicagoMed<\/a> | #skytown<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/DnzbOUn05C<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Chicago Sky (@chicagosky) September 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Reese went on further by saying, “And however I can help to get the best here, that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do this offseason. So it\u2019s going to be very, very important this offseason to make sure we attract the best of the best because we can\u2019t settle for what we have this year.”<\/p>\n The team decided to issue a punishment<\/a> to the two-time WNBA All-Star. Reese is to sit out the first half of Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Aces.<\/p>\n Furthermore, with Reese being issued her eighth technical foul during the second quarter of Wednesday’s game, she is suspended one game. She served the one-game suspension on Friday as the Sky played without her against the Indiana Fever.<\/p>\n Ariel Atkins (7) of the Chicago Sky dribbles down the court during a game against the Phoenix Mercury at PHX Arena on Aug. 28, 2025, in Phoenix. \/ Megan Mendoza\/The Republic \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n Veteran guard signed a one-year deal to join the Chicago Sky. Atkins is averaging 13.2 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game this season. <\/p>\n “I think I just don’t really care. I’m so over all of this s***. If I was younger, it would have affected me more,” said Atkins. “But I’m grown and I just don’t care.<\/p>\n According to an article<\/a> from the Chicago Sun-Times’ Alissa Hirsh, a player’s only meeting was held after the game against the Sun. Atkins added that “We just here trying to do our jobs on a day-to-day.”<\/p>\n Statement from the Chicago Sky pic.twitter.com\/kf8qXvEkGb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n