It looked like it’s happening. Angel Reese is asking out of Chicago already. Angel Reese officially puts the Chicago sky on notice. We’re not doing the same thing this off season that we did last off season. Stop bringing me bums to play with. Angel Ree just told the Chicago Tribune she’s not settling for the same we did this year and demanded the Sky get the best players in the league to surround her.
 
Sounds bold, right? Except here’s the twist. She’s leading the league in turnovers despite missing weeks of action and can still barely make a layup. She’s so bad she just earned herself a suspension. Ree wanted to overhaul her teammates, but it might be her that the Sky actually need to move on from. So, is Angel Reese the WNBA’s biggest hoax in WNBA history? She’s definitely no Caitlyn Clark.
 
Let us know down in the comments below if you’re team Clark, the baby goat, or team Ree, the baby giraffe. Let’s go. Stop bringing me these players. I want the best of the best. I want the upper echelon. Angel Reese is fed up. She’s tired of the losing. She’s tired of being the gum on the bottom of the shoe of the league. She is fed up with the Chicago Sky.
 
And it looks like Angel Reese wants out. It looks like she wants out. Imagine demanding your teammates get replaced only to become the one your own franchise might be ready to cut loose. That’s the situation Angel Ree walked herself into after her comments to the Chicago Tribune. She wasn’t subtle either.
 
Ree flat out said she wasn’t settling for the same we did this year. Doubling down that getting good players and great players was a non-negotiable part of her future in Chicago. It didn’t sound like a so-called franchise player trying to grow with her team. It sounded like a brat trying to gut her roster on live record.
 
Let’s see what Angel Ree had to say. I’m not settling for the same we did this year. Oh boy. Ree told the Tribune, “We have to get good players. We have to get great players. That’s a non-negotiable for me. I’m willing and wanting to play with the best and however I can help to get the best here, that’s what I’m going to do this off season.
 
So, it’s going to be very, very important this off season to make sure we attract the best of the best because we can’t settle for what we have this year. Overhaul this roster. The problem that interview didn’t just rattle a few feathers, it reportedly infuriated teammates and veterans around the league. Word came out that a locker room sitdown had to be organized just to talk about the fallout.
 
That isn’t what happens in healthy teams. That’s damage control. Imagine someone who hasn’t yet proven herself and suddenly half the team needs a meeting because of your mouth. That’s not leadership. That’s dysfunction. So it’s in multiple league sources told Front Office Sports that the entire team has seen Angel Reese’s comments and that teammates are unhappy with the direct attacks.
 
A team meeting is planned at which players are expected to address Ree directly. Of all her comments, one of the ugliest shots was pointed at Courtney Vanderloot. Even though Vand Derloot was out for the season due to an ACL injury, Ree brushed her aside in dismissive terms, alluding to being too old for the present and future of the sky.
 
And that cut deep because Vanderloot isn’t just any player. She’s a respected veteran point guard with championship pedigree and one of the best court managers the league has ever seen. Carelessly tossing her in the dust does more than insult Vand Derloot. It alienates the veterans still playing in the league who know she’s earned every ounce of respect.
 
We can’t rely on Corny to come back at that age that she’s at. Re said, “I know she’ll be great asset for us, but we can’t rely on that. We need someone probably a little younger with some experience. Somebody who’s been playing the game and is willing to compete for a championship and has done it before. Courtney Vanderloot, by the way, two-time WNBA champion, fivetime all-star, twotime all WNBA first team, left the New York Liberty, a championship caliber team, to come help out the Chicago. Oh, damn. Oh, damn. Oh,
 
dang. Oh, damn. It’s all right, Courtney. It’s all right. And here’s where the irony takes over. The Chicago front office had already gone out of their way to build around Ree. Don’t forget, they gave up Sonia Citroen, who by the way is in the middle of a rookie of the year race and already became an all-star in her first year to bring in Ariel Atkins.
 
That was supposed to be the move that gave Ree exactly what she wanted, established talent to win now. But instead of gratitude, Ree acted like the staff and roster were never good enough. You can’t complain about the front office not trying when they sacrificed a potential franchise cornerstone just for your benefit. It is looking spooky in Chicago.
 
Instead of ree says she doesn’t believe her teammates Rachel Burman or Haley Vanlith are capable of leading them to the play well of leading the playoff team. Guard Ariel Atkins is another player on the sky roster with WNBA championship experience. We are aware of it. Mar stated we are addressing it. This would have been frustrating enough if she only went after the veterans.
 
But she didn’t stop there. Even younger teammates like Haley Van Leth couldn’t escape the shade, implying that the whole team was either too old, too mid, or too soft. Suddenly, veterans felt insulted. Younger players felt dismissed, and the one person tying the locker room together ended up being the common enemy.
 
Ree wanted a team rally, but she wound up turning all the frustration inward right at her. We need great players and I don’t know what that will attract that. Maybe the practice facility will attract that. We’ll see. But I think the priority is being able to convince free agents that this is an organization that is going in the right direction.
 
I think honestly it would be a leap of faith for a great great player to come here and show that this is something that they want to be a part of and we can bring that championship mentality. a leap of faith to think that a great player would want to come to Chicago. Oh boy. And when you look at her onc court impact at the same time, it’s clear why this whole power play backfired.
 
If you’re going to put yourself above the rest of the roster, you’d better be backing it up with dominance. Instead, Ree became the one out of sync, the one who didn’t fit into the system she wanted to reshape. In other words, the vision she imagined might have ended up spotlighting the truth Chicago didn’t want to admit.
 
Their biggest problem might not be the roster she criticized. It might be Angel Ree herself. And what makes that sting even more? While she kept demanding upgrades and great players, she couldn’t even manage one of the most basic things on court, keeping the ball in her own hands. Hey, it’s not all her fault. Her teammates stink.
 
They got to catch that. Right. Right. Scooby doobydoo, where are you? Scooby, put down the butter. Butter butter pecan. This time of the year is the best. You got pumpkin spice football and Angel Ree layups. Final play of the game. Angel Ree clutch jean. That’s my Barbie. What if the very player who was demanding a roster overhaul was actually the one dragging her own team down? That’s exactly what happened with Angel Ree.
 
On paper, she put up numbers around 14 to 15 points per game and a double-digit rebound average. Sounds solid at first glance, but when you look closer, she’s leading the entire WNBA in turnovers despite missing several weeks of action with injury. Think about that for a second. She sat out, played fewer minutes than most stars, and still managed to rack up more giveaways than anyone else. That isn’t dominance.
 
That’s careless basketball for you. 20% of the time, Angel Reese gets her shot blocked inside of 9 ft. And 100% of the time, she’s doggy doodoo. Burn to the lady in orange. Uh-oh, you’re out. Simon didn’t say 101 turnovers in 26 games for our 2K cover. She’s a stater. At least she always brings the boom. I’ll see you tomorrow night. Bye. Right.
 
Turnovers can happen when a player tries to force the game. But with Ree, it wasn’t just about being aggressive. It reflected impatience, bad decision-making, and an inability to keep control under pressure. And her issues didn’t stop there. She also struggled with discipline in another column, technical fouls.
 
You don’t want to see your supposed cornerstone leader constantly jawing at referees, losing composure, and racking up whistles that hurt your own team. Yet, Ree hit that disciplinary threshold faster than any player should, picking up her eighth technical foul of the season, which by league rule meant an automatic one-ame suspension.
 
And watching the bottom of your screen, the contact by Ree. Uh you can see Angel’s right hand got Aaliyah Edwards on the on the head and and if they do Lisa I’m okay with that too because I think you have to to to officiate these teams very tightly so it’ll be a technical foul on Angel that suspension it didn’t come on some random Tuesday either it hit right before a crucial matchup against the Indiana Fever fans had been circling that game for weeks featuring the Indiana Fever versus the Chicago Sky a rivalry the league tried tried to mark
 
it and Ree managed to knock herself out of it. Not because of injury, not for rest, but for striking Aaliyah Edwards in the head on a rebound play. Whether you believe it was intentional or not, referees saw enough to call it, and the league had no choice but to enforce the suspension.
 
That’s not just a personal embarrassment, that’s a direct hit to your own team at the worst possible time. Angel, oh damn, has been assessed with eight technical files and she will be suspended for Friday game unless it is rescended. And I’m telling you right now, look look her attitude. That mug ain’t getting rescended. Angel has struck out again.
 
And the irony here is too rich to ignore. The Chicago Sky, supposedly built around Ree, often looked like a more cohesive and energetic team when she wasn’t on the floor. The ball moved better. They defended with more urgency, and sometimes they even pulled out wins without her. Think about how backwards that is.
 
Usually, the mark of a star is that their presence raises the team’s ceiling. In Reese’s case, the less she played, the more often her team found success. A franchise player in reverse. If you ask Sky fans whether they felt like Ree was the foundation for the future, many would probably tell you it feels more like they’re stuck with an anchor holding them down.
 
She wanted to prove she was the centerpiece, but the results painted a very different picture. What good are 15 points and 12 rebounds if they’re buried under clumsy turnovers, constant arguments with refs, and suspensions at the worst moments? Watching Ree on the court wasn’t watching a savior. It was watching a liability you couldn’t depend on when the season hit its key moments.
 
Now, how many players are going to listen to what Angel Reese had to say about Courtney Vanderloot? Are going to listen to what Angel Ree had to say about her current teammates? How many players are going to say, “Oh yeah, I want to play with that player who has no problem throwing me under the bus with three games to go.
 
I want to play with that.” Maybe not many. And that lack of stability exposes the real contrast because while Ree was burning bridges and dragging her own team lower, another young star was taking the opposite approach, which sets us up perfectly to look at the kind of leadership and professionalism that Caitlyn Clark brought to Indiana.
 
Now, here’s the difference. While Angel Ree was busy tossing shade at her own teammates, Caitlyn Clark was doing the opposite. Clark has been in the most intense spotlight any player has probably faced in WNBA history. Every detail of her career is magnified. Every game is under a microscope and every mistake becomes a headline.
You’d expect that to wear someone down, but Clark handled it with patience and professionalism right from the start. Even when she went down with injuries, she still traveled with the Indiana fever, sitting on the sidelines, cheering on her teammates, and making sure her presence was felt. that showed commitment.
 
Ree, meanwhile, stayed away from her team when she was hurt, leaving her teammates to carry on without her. The uh Indiana Fever destroy the Chicago Sky uh in Indianapolis on Saturday. Guess who wasn’t there? Angel Ree. Angel Ree declined to travel to Indianapolis and her coach came out and said something about, you know, she’s just focused on her rehab right now and, you know, she’s dayto-day.
 
We’ve never had an explanation on what caused the back injury, what’s a time frame for her recovery. It’s similar to so and so’s back injury. This is something she struggled with here or there. All we’ve heard is daytoday and Angel Ree has disappeared. Clark’s way of carrying herself has gone far beyond showing up on the sideline.
 
She’s shown real sportsmanship in ways you don’t often see from young players. One of the clearest examples came when she publicly praised Angel Reese’s performance in a game. Even though the two are supposed to be rivals, well, at least in Reese’s head. instead of feeding into unnecessary drama. Clark gave Ree credit where she thought it was deserved.
 
Think about the difference there. While Ree used interviews to criticize her own roster, Clark used hers to build bridges with both teammates and opponents. That’s leadership, plain and simple. And the impact on her own roster is impossible to ignore. When Clark is on the floor, Aaliyah Boston looks freer, more confident, and more dominant in the paint.
 
Guards like Lexi Hull and Kelsey Mitchell spread out and find better looks because Clark’s passing draws defenses out of position. Even Sophie Cunningham, who thrives on spacing and energy, fits perfectly with the style Clark brings to the floor. What makes it stand out is Clark doesn’t just score. She makes the whole unit function better.
 
That’s why she’s led the league in assists last year at above nine assists per game and still averaged well over eight assists per game this year despite missing so many games because of injury. Yeah, I mean, I’m proud of this group. I think we’ve shown all season long like they’re resilient. They’re connected. Um, you know, they they pull for each other.
 
Um, they they they enjoy one another. Uh, they celebrate one another. And, you know, that that stuff alone is good for 10 to 12 points a game. And you know, for this group, the way that they share the ball, um how unselfish they are, I mean, I’m I’m just I’m really proud of them. Um it’s not been ideal circumstances all season long, but I they’ve shown the character of who they are. Um they’ve been resilient.
 
They’ve responded um to adversity, and they continue to elevate one another, and you know, I can’t I couldn’t be more proud um of this group than I am at this moment. The media noticed, too. Everything written about Indiana lately centers around Clark being the model of professionalism. How she talks about her teammates, how she supports her locker room, how she sets an example with her preparation.
 
Compare that to Ree, who had to backtrack and apologize for publicly taking shots at her roster after that tribune piece. It’s a night and day contrast. One so-called superstar told the world her team wasn’t enough. The other actual superstar made the people around her stronger. That’s why the Fever have hope. They’re not just playing better basketball.
 
They’re being led with maturity beyond Clark’s years. She set a culture in Indiana that Chicago desperately needs and hasn’t found. And when you line that up against Reese’s missteps, her downfall doesn’t just look like bad luck. It looks like the result of her own choices. What is the back injury? Everybody’s questioning it now.
And this will be a third straight season where Angel Ree did not finish playing in games where she just stopped. She just stopped. Some of these injuries, we saw the injuries. We didn’t see what what happened. What happened? This is bad. Picture this. One franchise player has fans buying tickets months in advance, while the other has her own teammates holding emergency meetings to talk about locker room drama.
 
Guess which franchise people are excited about. The Indiana Fever are moving forward with momentum behind Caitlyn Clark. They were a lottery team the year before she arrived, but now they’re pushing into the playoff picture, grabbing national TV slots, and selling out arenas. Meanwhile, in Chicago, Angel Ree has turned what should have been a promising rebuild into a circus of apologies, complaints, and more questions than answers.
 
Fans aren’t looking at the sky asking about championships. They’re wondering if the front office regrets every decision tied to her. Nothing but a mystery surrounds Angel Ree. Angel Ree has taken this season off to focus on her off-c court endeavors and to avoid these losses that the Chicago Sky are accumulating to avoid them appearing on her resume.
 
Angel Reese doesn’t really care about basketball. Clark even handled her injury stretches with maturity. She didn’t hide at home or disappear during tough stretches. She hopped on planes, showed up in street clothes, and sat with her teammates. Contrast that with Ree, who stayed away while injured, leaving others to keep Chicago afloat with no sign of leadership from the player they were supposed to be rallying behind.
 
Her absence only added to the feeling she wasn’t allin. The Fever’s supporting cast is thriving beside Clark. Aaliyah Boston is building towards superstardom in the paint. Lexi Hull is playing with more confidence thanks to the spacing Clark creates. Kelsey Mitchell is having one of her best years and Sophie Cunningham has slotted perfectly into that mix.
 
Clark doesn’t just score, she reshapes the floor and puts people in positions to succeed. I think it just says a lot about who we have as human beings. Um, you know, that was one of the things that that that we made a priority in in the off season of, you know, who we bring into to this organization. number one quality human beings um selfless human beings um that that want to pull for one another that understand um you know we have this depth for for a reason and sometimes it creates challenges getting people on the floor but in situations like this this is this
 
is why you have it and uh I’m just you know I I she’s right I mean as a pro um and as a pro coach you know this is one of the most connected groups I’ve seen and the proof of Indiana’s rise they’re smashing attendance records pushing merchandise sales and consistently earning prime time coverage.
 
The sky, a measly 10- win, 30 loss record, chasing the worst in the league, endless suspension headlines, and a frustrated fan base that isn’t seeing progress. Chicago fans are openly venting about chaos, and pointing fingers at Reese’s so-called leadership. That’s where Clark and Ree couldn’t be farther apart. Clark’s professionalism is the reason veterans want to play with her.
 
Reese’s complaints make big names want nothing to do with Chicago. And the stats back it up. Indiana wins more when Clark is on the court, while Chicago often looks better when Ree is off. Which brings us to the bigger question. Was Angel Ree ever the right bet for the Sky? Angel Ree wanted Chicago’s roster rebuilt around her? But the irony is the Sky might realize their biggest problem is her.
 
A player can’t demand greatness while leading the league in turnovers. and watching her team win more without her on the floor. Analysts and fans are already framing her as toxic with one calling her a liability you can’t build around. Meanwhile, Indiana sees Caitlyn Clark as the professional team first leader the WNBA needs.
 
If the fever keep building with Clark, Boston, Mitchell, Hull, and Cunningham, the future looks exciting in Indiana and painfully disappointing in Chicago. Let us know down in the comments below if you’re team Clark the baby goat or team Ree the baby giraffe. Like, subscribe, and turn on all notifications so you never miss out.
 
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