Angel Reese has been fined by the WNBA after the Chicago Sky’s recreation towards the Indiana Fever … however, it is not for what most followers may assume.
The league introduced a superb 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 😬
— School Basketball Report (@CBKReport) June 1, 2024
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In fact, Angel clearly applauded an inexpensive shot foul her teammate Chennedy Carter hit Clark with throughout the recreation Saturday, and a few might have thought the league would reprimand her for that … however, to this point, that is not the case.
There’s been stress between Angel and Caitlin in current months, regardless of AR as soon as assuring the general public her beef with Clark existed solely throughout the confines of the courtroom. The loss to the Fever appeared to essentially 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 workforce pulled out a formidable win due to their squad cohesion reasonably 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 needs to confess.
BTW … excellent news for outraged Fever followers. The league upgraded the nasty hit on Clark from a typical foul to a flagrant-1 violation on Chennedy Carter. The league didn’t superb or droop Carter.
Chicago marches into Indiana to play the Fever June 16 … and, get the popcorn prepared ‘trigger we have got a sense sparks are gonna fly.
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