{"id":370508,"date":"2025-12-26T18:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T18:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/370508\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T18:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T18:15:08","slug":"lisa-leslie-weighs-in-on-angel-reese-wnba-record-pursuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/370508\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Leslie Weighs In on Angel Reese WNBA Record Pursuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Sky star Angel Reese has done a great job dispelling any doubts about whether her success in college would translate to the WNBA. <\/p>\n

Through two seasons, Reese has proven that she’s not only an elite rebounder but also a versatile scoring threat. She has a deep bag of post moves that allows her to create offense, is still developing a midrange and three-point shot, and showed an impressive ability to facilitate for her teammates and create offense during the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

Reese has surely taken cues from the legendary Lisa Leslie, who is a three-time WNBA MVP and one of the best forwards in women’s basketball history. Leslie was seen working with Reese<\/a> while the two were in Miami, Florida, for Unrivaled last year, and a video of Leslie reaching the former LSU Tigers star’s post moves went viral on social media<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Sep 3, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese (5) shoots a free throw against the Connecticut Sun during the second half at Wintrust Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Reese’s success has translated best into one stat: double-doubles. She averaged 14.7 points and 12.6 rebounds per game in 2025, thus becoming one of three WNBA players to average a double-double in their first two seasons in the league. Reese also set the WNBA record for most consecutive double-doubles (15) during her rookie 2024 campaign. <\/p>\n

Lisa Leslie Celebrates Angel Reese\u2019s Success<\/p>\n

In addition to working with her on the court, Lisa Leslie has always been quick to praise and celebrate the 23-year-old. Another example of this came with an X post on December 25. <\/p>\n

The @trendyhoopstars X account made a post that read, “In the history of women\u2019s basketball, only three players have recorded multiple double-double seasons at both the collegiate and WNBA levels: three-time MVP Lisa Leslie, 2021 WNBA MVP Jonquel Jones, and two-time WNBA All-Star Angel Reese.”<\/p>\n

“Now entering Year 3 of her WNBA career, Reese has an opportunity to move into third all-time in league history in double-double seasons. She also begins the year on the verge of becoming the fastest player to reach 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. Should she maintain a double-double average, Reese would stand alone as the only player ever with three double-double seasons in both college and the WNBA,” the post added. <\/p>\n

Lisa Leslie commented on this, writing, “This is outstanding! Records are meant to be broken! Go get \u2018em @Reese10Angel I will be cheering you on \ud83d\udc95\ud83d\ude18\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe”. <\/p>\n

This is outstanding! Records are meant to be broken! Go get \u2018em @Reese10Angel<\/a> I will be cheering you on\ud83d\udc95\ud83d\ude18\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe https:\/\/t.co\/NN8DBCl0cf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Lisa Leslie (@LisaLeslie) December 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

While Reese isn’t actually chasing down any of Leslie’s records, the WNBA legend showing support for Reese’s continued improvement is still awesome to see.<\/p>\n

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