A since-deleted put up from Angel Reese was all harmless, her mom says.
The Chicago Sky rookie appeared to reignite her feud with former school basketball rival Caitlin Clark on social media Thursday evening.
The Sky handed the New York Liberty their first lack of the season with a 90-81 win. Reese, who was chosen by the Sky with the No. 7 general choose out of LSU, added 13 factors and 9 rebounds.
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Angel Reese, #5 of the Chicago Sky, seems to be on earlier than the sport in opposition to the Minnesota Lynx on Might 3, 2024, at Goal Middle in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (David Sherman/NBAE by way of Getty Pictures)
Nevertheless, in celebrating their win, Reese took a thinly veiled shot on the Indiana Fever rookie, as the talk surrounding her impression on the league continues.
“And that’s on getting a WIN in a packed space not simply ‘trigger of 1 participant on our constitution flight,” she wrote in a since-deleted put up on X.
It was extensively assumed the put up was about Clark, and hypothesis grew when it was deleted. Nevertheless, Reese’s mom says it was really directed on the media.
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LSU’s Angel Reese, left, and Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, proper, pose for a photograph earlier than the WNBA basketball draft, Monday, April 15, 2024, in New York. (AP Picture/Adam Starvation)
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The hypothesis additionally led to “racist & vile feedback,” she stated.
“She was not attacking CC however bc you & the remainder of these ‘kids of the corn’ of us thought she was & as soon as once more sending her racist & vile feedback she did. Her remark was directed in direction of the media however after all you’re about clicks,” she wrote with a shrugging emoji.
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Angel Reese’s mother denied that her daughter took a shot at Caitlin Clark. (X)
The league’s latest development is indeniable, however Reese believes it goes past simply Clark.
“It’s not only one individual, I believe folks don’t understand that (as a result of) the narrative out there may be that only one individual altering the sport,” she stated Thursday throughout a press convention. “It’s loads of us — me, Kamilla (Cardoso ), there’s Cameron (Brink), Rickea (Jackson). There’s so many nice gamers and it’s been lengthy overdue and simply having the ability to see that our impression has been in a position to change the sport.”
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Angel Reese #5 of the Chicago Sky seems to be on earlier than the sport in opposition to the Dallas Wings on Might 15, 2024, on the School Park Middle in Arlington, TX. (Michael Gonzales/NBAE by way of Getty Pictures)
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“I find it irresistible for us all, and we’re simply going to proceed to maintain going.”
Clark and the Fever earned their first win on Friday evening, because of the rookie’s clutch threes down the stretch in entrance of a star-studded crowd in Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Area in opposition to the Sparks.
Fox Information’ Paulina Dedaj and the Related Press contributed to this report.
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