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Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve has her team among the top three in the league standings, and she’s doing it with two players the Sky let slip away in free agency: Courtney Williams and Alanna Smith.
Waiving Gondrezick brings the Sky’s roster to 10 available players, with Elizabeth Williams having season-ending surgery on her right meniscus this week. It’s unlikely the Sky will sign anyone ahead of their game against the Lynx on Sunday.
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Reese finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds, becoming the youngest player in WNBA history to have nine consecutive double-doubles. She tied Candace Parker for most consecutive double-doubles in a season.
Hammon credited Weatherspoon for setting a standard that she was forced to meet as a rookie. Now, in her rookie year as a coach in the WNBA, Weatherspoon is looking at her “little sister” as the standard.
Thursday will be her biggest test so far when she’ll be matched up against Wilson, the two-time champion and league MVP, who leads the league in points and rebounds.
Johnson said he is reminded of his and Bird’s impact on the NBA by Reese and Clark and the similar attention they are bringing to the WNBA.
Just one week after the Sky and Fever drew the WNBA’s biggest TV audience in 23 years — 2.25 million viewers on CBS — the teams broke ESPN’s WNBA viewership record with 2.3 million watching at home.
Reese has 25 points, 16 rebounds — her eighth straight double-double — to lead Sky past rival Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever.
The game was a sellout with 10,387 fans, including actor/comedian Jason Sudeikis, Bears linebacker Tremaine Edmunds, Knicks guard Jalen Brunson and Chance the Rapper.
With Caitlin Clark-Angel Reese rivalry rising to another level, this is going to be fun for years to come.
On Sunday, the two young stars will meet for the third time this season in a matchup that quickly has turned into the league’s most entertaining rivalry.
The first Sunday of the season brings Caitlin Clark to Wintrust Arena for one of the games of the day in all of sports. After that, though, Chicago fans might look at the states of some of their teams and realize there’s a lot to complain about.
The All-Star Game, which will feature Team USA and a team of WNBA All-Stars, will be played in Phoenix on July 20.
As the Sky snapped a four-game skid, Reese finished with 16 points, 18 rebounds — eight on the offensive glass — three assists and two steals against the Wings on Thursday afternoon.
“People are going to say what they’re going to say,” Mabrey said. “Maybe people agree that they should have traded for me, and maybe they shouldn’t have. I know my value.”
The Sky’s top priority is snapping a four-game losing streak, but the 2025 pick swap the Wings own as a result of the Marina Mabrey trade also is looming.
It’s early, but the Sky, who’ve lost four in a row, are outside of the playoff picture.
A record 2.25 million viewers tuned in to CBS Sports’ broadcast of the Sky’s 91-83 loss to Indiana.
We could argue the size of the rookie’s role in rubbing people the wrong way, but the kind of hate blowing back at her would put anyone on guard.
In addition to being unbecoming, the treatment of Caitlin Clark ignores what she’s doing for the WNBA. Why despise the hand that feeds you?
Reese, the No. 7 overall pick in the draft, leads all rookies in rebounds, steals and double-doubles. She had her sixth consecutive double-double and seventh overall Sunday against the Fever.
Sky players don’t want to call what’s brewing between them and the Fever a rivalry, but all signs point to the obvious.