Angel Reese has been fined by the WNBA after the Chicago Sky’s sport in opposition to the Indiana Fever … however, it is not for what most followers may suppose.
The league introduced a nice for the rookie for skipping media obligations postgame … dinging her $1,000 for not making herself obtainable to reporters. They’ve additionally fined the Sky $5k.
Angel Reese obtained hyped seeing Caitlin Clark take an inexpensive shot 😬
— Faculty Basketball Report (@CBKReport) June 1, 2024
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After all, Angel clearly applauded an inexpensive shot foul her teammate Chennedy Carter hit Clark with in the course of the sport Saturday, and a few could have thought the league would reprimand her for that … however, up to now, that is not the case.
There’s been stress between Angel and Caitlin in latest months, regardless of AR as soon as assuring the general public her beef with Clark existed solely inside the confines of the court docket. The loss to the Fever appeared to actually upset Reese — who makes simply shy of $74k a yr, not together with endorsements — and, she blew off reporters.
Simply final month, Angel seemingly posted a dig at Caitlin on-line, writing her staff pulled out a formidable win due to their squad cohesion slightly than “one participant on our constitution flight.”
Reese later deleted the tweet, however not earlier than it went viral. Mixed with a budget shot cheering, this beef appears to be a bit extra private than Reese desires to confess.
BTW … excellent news for outraged Fever followers. The league upgraded the nasty hit on Clark from a standard foul to a flagrant-1 violation on Chennedy Carter. The league didn’t nice or droop Carter.
Chicago marches into Indiana to play the Fever June 16 … and, get the popcorn prepared ‘trigger we have a sense sparks are gonna fly.