Angel Reese has been suspended for the first half of the Sky’s game Sunday against the Aces after she called out her Chicago teammates and threatened to go in a “different direction” in a recent interview.
Reese was suspended by the league for the Sky’s game on Friday after recording her eighth technical foul of the season in their previous game.
“The Chicago Sky values the safety, respect, and well-being of every player,” the team said in a statement Friday. “We are committed to accountability so our players can stay focused on playing basketball. Because of the statements detrimental to the team made by Angel Reese during league-mandated media, she will not play in the first half of the game on September 7 against the Las Vegas Aces.
“This matter has been handled and resolved internally, and we are moving forward as a team.”
Reese, in the interview with the Chicago Tribune, talked about not “settling for the same s–t we did this year” and potentially needing to do “what’s best for me” if something didn’t change.
“I am very vocal about what we need and what I want,” Reese told the Tribune. “I’d like to be here for my career, but if things don’t pan out, obviously I might have to move in a different direction and do what’s best for me. But while I am here, I’m going to try to stay open-minded about what I have here and maximize that as much as I can.”
The Sky enter Friday’s game with a 10-30 record and, once this year concludes, will have missed the playoffs in each of Reese’s first two WNBA seasons.
Reese, the No. 7 overall pick last year, has averaged 14.7 points and 12.6 rebounds per game in 2025.
“We have to get good players,” Reese told the Tribune of what the Sky need to do in the offseason. “We have to get great players. That’s a non-negotiable for me.”
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
