{"id":227421,"date":"2025-10-15T21:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T21:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/227421\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T21:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T21:24:09","slug":"sky-predicted-to-pair-angel-reese-with-familiar-face-amid-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/227421\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky predicted to pair Angel Reese with familiar face amid trade rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sky predicted to pair Angel Reese with familiar face amid trade rumors<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Angel Reese isn’t exactly thrilled at the direction of the Chicago Sky<\/a>. Two years into her WNBA career, Reese believes she has held up her end of the bargain — she has been selected to two All-Star teams and has led the league in rebounding in both of her professional seasons since the Sky selected her seventh overall in the 2024 WNBA Draft.<\/p>\n

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But Reese standing out individually has not corresponded to team success in Chicago. The Sky have a 23-61 record over the past two seasons — meaning Chicago will be selecting early in the loaded 2026 draft, while Reese determines how long she is willing to wait for the franchise to build a winner around her multifaceted skill set.<\/p>\n

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A 2026 mock draft published Wednesday on Bleacher Report<\/a> though has the Sky dipping into the LSU well one more time to select Tigers guard Flau’jae Johnson with the fifth overall pick — a selection that may well entice Reese to rethink her future and continue to build a winning foundation in Chicago.<\/p>\n

Reese and Johnson were teammates on the 2023 LSU team that won the NCAA championship over Caitlin Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes — the game that tipped off the Clark-Reese “rivalry” that has continued into the WNBA. When Reese moved on to The W, the Tigers became Johnson’s team; as a junior in 2024-25, the Georgia-born guard averaged 18.6 points and 5.6 rebounds per game as LSU made a run to the Elite Eight. <\/p>\n

Away from the court, Johnson — like Reese — has cultivated a strong social media following. She has 1.7 million followers on TikTok<\/a>, and a number of NIL deals have made her one of college basketball’s richest players<\/a>. Unlike Reese, Johnson has a burgeoning musical career as a rapper signed to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label; she has released three albums and four extended plays since 2022.<\/p>\n

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But on the court, it is no secret that the Sky need help at the guard positions, and urgently. Johnson’s quickness and talent as a three-level scorer would make her an instant starter in Chicago come 2026, a key part of the franchise’s ongoing rebuild…but only time will tell if Reese sticks around for a chance to reunite with one of the country’s most explosive scorers.<\/p>\n

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