{"id":375180,"date":"2025-12-29T13:31:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/375180\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T13:31:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:31:20","slug":"wnba-legend-lisa-leslie-sends-message-to-angel-reese-on-christmas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/375180\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Legend Lisa Leslie Sends Message to Angel Reese on Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite a disappointing season for the Chicago Sky<\/a>, Angel Reese<\/a> delivered another standout campaign in the 2025 WNBA<\/a> campaign. Reese averaged 14.7 points and 12.6 rebounds per game, the highest rebounding average in the league. She recorded 23 double-doubles, tied with Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas for the most in 2025.<\/p>\n

Reese\u2019s rebounding dominance and overall production earned her a second consecutive WNBA All-Star selection. Her 2025 performance reinforced her status as one of the league\u2019s premier frontcourt players as she prepares for her third professional season.<\/p>\n

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The former LSU<\/a> Tigers and Maryland Terrapins star will enter 2026 eyeing another milestone.<\/p>\n

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Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese (5).Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Reese could climb into third all-time in league history for double-double seasons should she continue her productive trajectory.<\/p>\n

According to the social media account TrendyHoopStars, in the history of women\u2019s basketball, only a small group of elite players have recorded multiple seasons averaging a double-double at both the collegiate and WNBA levels. Among them are three-time WNBA MVP Lisa Leslie, 2021 WNBA MVP Jonquel Jones and Reese herself, a rare distinction that highlights her impact on the game across levels.<\/p>\n

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Leslie reacted to the possibility of Reese breaking longstanding marks on X:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis 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,\u201d the two-time WNBA champion wrote.<\/p>\n

Reese joined the group in just her second season. She followed a historic rookie campaign in which she averaged 13.6 points and 13.1 rebounds per game, the highest rebounding average in WNBA history for a single season. Alongside former MVPs Yolanda Griffith and Tina Charles, Reese is one of only three players to average a double-double in each of her first two seasons.<\/p>\n

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Reese will also begin the season on the verge of becoming the fastest player in league history to reach 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. Should she maintain her double-double pace into 2026, Reese would be on track to become the only player ever with three double-double seasons in both the collegiate and WNBA ranks, a feat that would further cement her place among the all-time greats in women\u2019s basketball.<\/p>\n

Related: Caitlin Clark\u2019s Pass to Angel Reese Draws Attention on Sunday<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Dec 26, 2025, where it first appeared in the WNBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite a disappointing season for the Chicago Sky, Angel Reese delivered another standout campaign in the 2025 WNBA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[4652,724,49,48,726,160187,12200,59831,82,8611,630,92787,36516],"class_list":["post-375180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-alyssa-thomas","tag-angel-reese","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chicago-sky","tag-double-doubles","tag-jonquel-jones","tag-lisa-leslie","tag-sports","tag-tina-charles","tag-wnba","tag-wnba-champion","tag-wnba-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375180","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=375180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}