Angel Reese made a enterprise resolution.
The Sky rookie seemingly took a jab on the WNBA after passing on the opening evening of All-Star Recreation festivities to as a substitute attend an NBA Summer season League sport in Las Vegas.
The primary-time All-Star responded to a since-deleted tweet that reportedly criticized her resolution by quote tweeting the submit with the caption: “it’s okay babe. i’m minding the enterprise that PAYS me. 🤭😘.”
It’s unclear how Thursday’s displaying on the Thomas & Mack Heart helped Reese’s backside line, with Reese maybe highlighting the WNBA’s comparatively low salaries and her want for supplemental earnings.
It’s clear, although, that the comment and Reese’s resolution didn’t go unnoticed.
As others WNBA stars like her rival Caitlin Clark attended the occasion in Arizona, with Clark even praising Reese throughout an interview, Reese didn’t disguise that she deliberate to be in Las Vegas.
She posted two selfies from the sport on Instagram, one by herself and one with a pal, whereas she attended the Rockets-Timberwolves matchup, per a fan X account.
Reese additionally composed 4 tweets from the sport, together with the aforementioned tweet to a fan’s vulgar response to her not being right here.
“angel simply pissed me off. your first all star occasion as a rookie and you continue to in vegas at a f–king summer season league sport?????? good f–king evening man,” one consumer reportedly posted, per the Day by day Mail.
One among Reese’s tweets included a quote tweet of a submit mentioning how her pal was hiding her lips throughout a dialog, a reference to how lip readers discovered a chat amongst Reese, Celtics star Jaylen Brown and his girlfriend, former Sky teammate Kysre Gondrezick, about Bronny James.
“we performed realized our lesson lmaooooo @nyliiee,” Reese posted whereas tagging her pal.
The cameras didn’t miss Reese both, with the previous LSU star being proven whereas the announcer publicized Saturday evening’s All-Star tilt and Friday’s 3-point Contest and the Abilities Problem.
It’s unknown when Reese will report back to Arizona, however she earned her means into the sport by averaging 13.5 factors and 12.8 rebounds per sport within the first half.
She posted 17 double-doubles within the Sky’s first 24 video games, together with a document 15 straight video games earlier than that streak ended in opposition to the Liberty final Saturday.
Clark, whereas selecting to attend the occasions, expects an identical displaying on the boards Saturday evening.
“She’s definitely most likely going to steer the sport in rebounds,” Clark stated of Reese. “I count on that out of her, that’s simply what she does.”
