{"id":158347,"date":"2025-09-09T08:53:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T12:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=158347"},"modified":"2025-09-09T08:53:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T12:53:39","slug":"angel-reese-future-sky-doubt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/09\/09\/angel-reese-future-sky-doubt\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Reese’s Future With Chicago Sky In Doubt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese<\/a> put the work in last summer, sharpening her scoring touch and improving her playmaking to become more than just a rebounding machine. As a result, she’s still a walking double-double but one who has improved significantly upon her rookie numbers. Unexpectedly, Reese’s vast improvement hasn’t been mirrored by the Sky.<\/p>\n

Angel Reese’s Future With Chicago Sky In Doubt<\/h2>\n

Reese has shined bright in the WNBA, quickly emerging as a key part of the Sky\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

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Aug 25, 2024; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese (5) looks to pass the ball against the Las Vegas Aces during the first half at Wintrust Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, the 23-year-old is outspoken, and she doesn’t hide her frustrations with the franchise’s losing ways. In fact, she implored Chicago to improve their roster in a recent interview<\/a>, saying she \u201cmight have to move in a different direction\u201d if the team doesn\u2019t improve its outlook. She later walked back those comments after Wednesday\u2019s win over Connecticut Sun and apologized to the team.<\/p>\n

It was too little, too late. Following comments deemed \u2018detrimental to the team,’ the Sky suspended Reese for the first half of Sunday\u2019s game against Las Vegas Aces. Unsurprisingly, neither her suspension nor apology ended the conversation. This despite Chicago insisting they were \u201cmoving forward as a team<\/a>\u201d (h\/t ESPN reporter Alexa Philippou).<\/p>\n

‘Worst-Run Organization In The League’<\/h3>\n

Instead, it opened the door for more public criticism of the Sky\u2019s leadership. Several analysts and reporters have called out the team’s management, highlighting poor drafting, a lack of investment in practice facilities, high staff turnover, and missed chances to attract top free agents. The most notable condemnation came from one of the WNBA’s higher-ups:<\/p>\n

\u201cShe needs to get the **** out of there,\u201d a WNBA executive tells DallasHoopsJournal reporter Ashish Mathur. \u201cChicago is probably the worst-run organization in the league<\/a>. You\u2019re gonna suspend your best player just because she\u2019s putting pressure on you to get better? That was embarrassing to see. I think Chicago will try to trade her this offseason, but if they don\u2019t, she should request a trade.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Last Word On Angel Reese’s Sky Future<\/h3>\n

Reese was the seventh overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft.<\/p>\n

In 2025, she’s averaging 14.7 points, 12.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.5 steals, 0.7 blocks, 3.9 turnovers and 3.4 personal fouls per game. So far as her shooting splits, she’s converted 45.8 percent of her field goal attempts, 18.2 percent of his 3-point attempts, and 75.6 percent of her free-throw attempts. Yet, Chicago is only 21-43 when Reese plays.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, she signed a four-year contract worth $324,383 with the Sky in 2024. She’ll earn $82,399 next season, while the team holds a $93,636 club option for 2027 if she stays. Losing a player of her caliber would be a major blow for Chicago, but the current situation puts her future with the team in doubt.<\/p>\n

If Reese no longer trusts the team\u2019s vision, and if the team’s management feels challenged by her remarks, a trade could become the best option for both parties. Of course, several teams would likely be eager to add her as a cornerstone. Not only is she a special talent, she’s playing for the right reasons. Making it clear that she wants to compete for championships, not just fill seats, is an endearing quality.<\/p>\n

There remains the possibility that Reese stays with the Sky if fences are mended and the organization has a clear plan to improve. However, her exit could be the headline move of the winter if not.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese put the work in last summer, sharpening her scoring touch and improving her playmaking to become more than just a rebounding machine. As a result, she’s still a walking double-double but one who has improved significantly upon her rookie numbers. Unexpectedly, Reese’s vast improvement hasn’t been mirrored by the Sky. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5425,"featured_media":158365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[49709,1608,2,3],"tags":[49157,2957,1632],"class_list":["post-158347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wnba","category-basketball","category-featured","category-news","tag-angel-reese","tag-chicago-sky","tag-wnba"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158347"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158366,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158347\/revisions\/158366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}