{"id":34444,"date":"2025-07-30T13:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/34444\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T13:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:52:08","slug":"angel-reese-1400-a-week-explained-fact-checking-viral-meme-and-how-it-compares-to-sky-stars-salary-net-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/34444\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Reese &#8216;$1,400 a week&#8217;, explained: Fact-checking viral meme and how it compares to Sky star&#8217;s salary, net worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Angel Reese continues to star in her second season with the Chicago Sky, her name remains a popular one in sports headlines.<\/p>\n<p>With WNBA salaries and collective bargaining negotiations at the forefront of many discussions, Reese has been vocal in advocating for receiving more with her peers. Aligned with the conversation of pay and compensation, salary comments have been prevalent in WNBA circles, but what has Reese said recently?<\/p>\n<p>Here is what is true and what is not when it comes to Reese&#8217;s salary and the comments she has made about her pay.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf2\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sn-now.com\/WhatsApp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Follow The Sporting News on WhatsApp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Angel Reese &#8216;$1,400 a week&#8217; comment<\/p>\n<p>A viral quote has been attributed to Reese, but there is no evidence that she has made such comments about her weekly salary.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BricksCenter\/status\/1950230368025792803\" rel=\"nofollow\">graphic<\/a>, which features an image of Reese, included a quote that reads &#8220;Y&#8217;all make $1,400 a week&#8230; I make $1,4000 in 7 days.&#8221; The quote plays on the irony of a week containing seven days, which would mean earning $1,400 in one week is no different from earning that much in seven days.<\/p>\n<p>Similar quotes from various users on social media have gone viral, and all evidence suggests the quote in question was not said by Reese.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SN&#8217;s WNBA HQ:\u00a0<a onclick=\"dataLayer.push({event: &#039;element_click&#039;,item_type: &#039;affiliate link&#039;,item_id: &#039;https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/wnba\/scores&#039;,item_name: &#039;Live WNBA scores&#039;,cta_type: &#039;contextual_link&#039;,cta_id: &#039;&#039;});\" target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/wnba\/scores\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Live WNBA scores<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a onclick=\"dataLayer.push({event: &#039;element_click&#039;,item_type: &#039;affiliate link&#039;,item_id: &#039;https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/wnba\/standings&#039;,item_name: &#039;Updated WNBA standings&#039;,cta_type: &#039;contextual_link&#039;,cta_id: &#039;&#039;});\" target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/wnba\/standings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Updated WNBA standings<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a onclick=\"dataLayer.push({event: &#039;element_click&#039;,item_type: &#039;affiliate link&#039;,item_id: &#039;https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/wnba\/schedule&#039;,item_name: &#039;Full WNBA schedule&#039;,cta_type: &#039;contextual_link&#039;,cta_id: &#039;&#039;});\" target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/wnba\/schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Full WNBA schedule<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the $1,400 a week quote appears to be falsely attributed to Reese, she has been vocal about the players&#8217; association&#8217;s negotiations with the league on a new CBA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The revenue shares, that&#8217;s really important for us. We deserve it,&#8221; Reese\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ESPNNBA\/status\/1948838416809898239\" rel=\"nofollow\">explained<\/a>\u00a0to ESPN&#8217;s Elle Duncan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know we&#8217;re gonna do whatever it takes to get what we deserve. I&#8217;m just gonna continue to educate myself on what&#8217;s going on, and staying involved. I know my voice, I know my platform, and I know when I speak, people are listening.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;I know we&#8217;re not letting up. I know we&#8217;re going to do whatever it takes to get what we deserve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Angel Reese sits down with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elleduncanESPN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@elleduncanESPN<\/a> to share her none negotiable regarding the WNBA&#8217;s collective bargaining agreement \u270d\ufe0f <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5jzKPC5J8J\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/5jzKPC5J8J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNNBA\/status\/1948838416809898239?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"header--author-article\">MORE WNBA NEWS<\/p>\n<p>Angel Reese WNBA salary<\/p>\n<p>As the No. 7 pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft, Reese was given a four-year deal worth $324,383 by the Sky. The fourth year of her deal is a team option, and she is earning $74,909 during the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>All salary figures via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/90257\/angel-reese\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spotrac<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>YearAgeSalary202523$74,909202624$82,399202725$93,636 (Team Option)202826Restricted Free Agent<\/p>\n<p>While $74,909 does equal roughly $1,440 when divided by the 52 weeks that are in a year, the WNBA regular season runs for approximately 17 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Reese&#8217;s salary divided by 17 weeks is closer to $4,400 weekly, and the length of the WNBA season allows its players to play in other leagues during the fall and winter months.<\/p>\n<p>Angel Reese net worth<\/p>\n<p>The exact figure is unknown, but Reese has <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/angel-reese-says-net-worth-estimate-way-off-8748698\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> that the reported figure of $2 million is &#8220;way off&#8221; from what she is worth.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her WNBA contract, Reese played in the inaugural season of Unrivaled and has endorsements with Hershey, Reebok, and McDonald&#8217;s. She was recently revealed as one of the cover athletes for NBA 2K26.<\/p>\n<p>                        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Angel Reese continues to star in her second season with the Chicago Sky, her name remains a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-34444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34444","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=34444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}