{"id":24346,"date":"2025-07-20T18:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T18:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/24346\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T18:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T18:40:08","slug":"wnba-legend-lisa-leslie-shows-love-to-angel-reese-followi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/24346\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Legend Lisa Leslie Shows Love to Angel Reese Followi&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/angel-reese\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Angel Reese<\/a> has been stacking b-ball receipts all season, but her latest keepsake might be the sweetest yet: a digital nod from Hall of Famer Lisa Leslie. <\/p>\n<p>After the Chicago Sky\u2019s gutsy 87\u201181 upset of the league\u2011leading Minnesota Lynx on July\u202f12, Reese <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMEUgQUpJWf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">hopped on Instagram<\/a> to celebrate. And according to <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/wnba\/chicago-sky\/wnba-legend-lisa-leslie-had-two-words-for-angel-reese-on-monday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Athlon Sports<\/a>, Leslie slid into the comments with a two\u2011word salute\u2014\u201cPretty Baller\u2764\ufe0f\u201d\u2014that sent Reese\u2019s mentions into overdrive.<\/p>\n<p>For her part, this season, Reese logged 19 points, 11 boards, and four dimes\u2014her eighth straight double\u2011double\u2014while frontcourt partner Kamilla\u202fCardoso chimed in with 17 and\u202f15 in her return to the starting lineup. Veteran guard Ariel\u202fAtkins poured in a game\u2011high 27 as Chicago (now 7\u201113) clawed to 10th place and handed MVP favorite Napheesa\u202fCollier\u2019s Lynx their first loss in eight games.<\/p>\n<p>Reese\u2019s numbers on the year\u201413.6 points, 12.8 rebounds, and a career\u2011best 3.8 assists\u2014underline why Leslie\u2019s stamp matters. The two\u2011time All\u2011Star already owns multiple WNBA rebounding and double\u2011double records, and is stacking up sponsorships and endorsement deals. <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, not everyone has shown Reese the same love. Former NFL quarterback Robert Griffin\u202fIII sparked outrage when he retweeted a Photoshopped NBA\u202f2K cover depicting Angel\u202fReese as a monkey. <\/p>\n<p>Though RGIII disavowed the racist image, critics\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/sports\/a\/jaelaniturnerwilliams\/shaquille-oneal-warns-rgiii-that-hell-punch-him-over-more-angel-reese-remar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">including Shaquille\u202fO\u2019Neal<\/a>\u2014blasted him for amplifying it. <\/p>\n<p>And on the July 16 episode of Nightcap, hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/sports\/a\/jaelaniturnerwilliams\/shannon-sharpe-ochocinco-react-to-rgiii-angel-reese-post\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shannon Sharpe and Chad Ochocinco Johnson weighed in<\/a>. \u201cMe personally, I believe RGIII could have made his point without retweeting it,\u201d Sharpe said, adding the image was \u201cunnecessary\u201d and \u201cuncalled for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Neal had gone further, threatening to \u201cpunch\u201d RGIII in defense of Reese. <\/p>\n<p>For those looking to check out Angel Reese in action, they can tune in to watch the Chicago Sky return to Wintrust Arena on Friday, August\u202f15, hosting the expansion Golden State Valkyries. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. local time. Fans can catch every play live in the arena or tune in nationwide via ION or WNBA League Pass.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Angel Reese has been stacking b-ball receipts all season, but her latest keepsake might be the sweetest yet:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-24346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24346","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=24346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}