{"id":150171,"date":"2025-09-12T00:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T00:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/150171\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T00:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T00:19:09","slug":"sky-reflect-on-angel-reeses-bittersweet-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/150171\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky reflect on Angel Reese’s ‘bittersweet’ season"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO \u2014 Angel Reese\u2019s tumultuous sophomore season<\/a> in the WNBA came to a close Thursday with her sitting on the bench for the Liberty-Sky regular-season finale.<\/p>\n

It also may have marked the end of Reese\u2019s reign in Chicago.<\/p>\n

Reese has been under fire<\/a> for comments she made to the Chicago Tribune. <\/p>\n

The former LSU forward expressed frustration with the franchise and its future and said, in part, \u201cI\u2019m not settling for the same s\u2013t we did this year.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to get great players,\u201d she continued. \u201cThat\u2019s a non-negotiable for me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"ChicagoChicago Sky forward Angel Reese (5) walks on the court during the second half of a WNBA game against the Connecticut Sun at Wintrust Arena. Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Reese name-dropped some of her teammates in the locker room, which prompted a team meeting. <\/p>\n

She received a half-game suspension after publicly apologizing to her teammates, though she hasn\u2019t played since because of a back injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Asked pregame whether Tyler Marsh saw Reese having a future in Chicago, the Sky coach said, \u201cSure.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

His one-word response didn\u2019t inspire much confidence.<\/p>\n

Reese, a two-time All-Star, was limited to 30 games because of injury. <\/p>\n

She posted a career-high 14.7 points and, for the second consecutive season, led the league in rebounds, averaging 12.6.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Overall, Marsh said Reese\u2019s 2025 campaign has been \u201cbittersweet.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"ChicagoChicago Sky head coach Tyler Marsh calls out to players during the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the Las Vegas Aces Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in Las Vegas. AP<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been a ton of growth areas, from my perspective, on Angel, especially on the court,\u201d Marsh said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been able to see her playmaking ability in so many different aspects this year. Her versatility defensively is another area we\u2019ve assigned her to a bunch of different matchups throughout this year and she\u2019s taken that head on as well. So on both sides of the ball, there\u2019s been a ton of growth from there and she\u2019s just not even scratching the surface on who she can be in this league for a long time to come.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear what the future holds for Reese and the Sky.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chicago picked her seventh in the 2024 draft and established her as a franchise cornerstone.<\/p>\n

Reese still has two years left on her rookie deal before becoming a restricted free agent. <\/p>\n

But it\u2019s possible Reese has played her final game in a Sky uniform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO \u2014 Angel Reese\u2019s tumultuous sophomore season in the WNBA came to a close Thursday with her sitting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[3691,438,436,99,434],"class_list":["post-150171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-angel-reese","tag-chicago-sky","tag-new-york-liberty","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}