Angel Reese is Unrivaled once again.
The 3-on-3 league announced Wednesday morning that the Chicago Sky forward will return to play for Rose BC in the final two weeks of Unrivaled’s second season. Her teammates will be Shakira Austin, Chelsea Gray, Sug Sutton, Lexie Hull and former Sky star Kahleah Copper.
Reese is not listed as available for the league’s 1-on-1 tournament, which begins Wednesday night. Her first game will take place Feb. 20 against Hive (7:45 p.m., TNT and truTV). Rose is currently fifth in the standings at 5-6, a half-game behind Breeze for the final spot in the playoffs, which begin Feb. 28.
Unrivaled began preparing for Reese’s return earlier this week by moving Azurá Stevens from Rose to Hive in a four-team trade that also sent Courtney Williams from Vinyl to Breeze and Saniya Rivers from Hive to Vinyl. It was only the second trade in the brief history of the league, which has featured little in-season moving of players unless a need arises because of injury.
Reese typically moves at a nonstop pace, but she took a slightly more reserved approach to this WNBA offseason after finishing each of her first two seasons on the injury report, including a back injury that ended her 2025 season prematurely.
Her only official basketball activity of the offseason came during a three-day Team USA camp in December, Reese’s first invitation to a senior national team camp. She joined other first-time invitees such as Paige Bueckers and Caitlin Clark for the camp in Durham, N.C., under coach Kara Lawson. New Sky assistant coach Latricia Trammell also attended in a coaching capacity, allowing the Sky to touch base with their star player in person.
Returning to Unrivaled for this short runway will give Reese an opportunity to play herself into form for the WNBA season, currently scheduled to start for the Sky on May 9 with a road game against the expansion Portland Fire. Uncertainty still looms, however, due to an impending work stoppage amid collective bargaining agreement negotiations.
But regardless of the timing, this two-week stint will give Reese a chance to test her physicality in live game action — and maybe win some hardware in the process.