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this Chicago Sky Decide on Friday how to punish their most highly-received players.
Angel Reeese will be on the bench in the first half of the Sky with Las Vegas Ace Sunday, the team announced.
The decision comes after the remarks made by the Star “has bad for the team.”
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Angel Reese of Chicago Sky brought the ball to the court in the second half against the Connecticut Suns. (Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The punishment separates Rees from a timeout against Indiana fever Friday night. Reese evaluated her eighth technical foul of the year against the Connecticut Suns on Wednesday.
According to WNBA rules, the eighth technical foul will automatically trigger a single game.
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Chicago suffered a 20-point loss on Friday, with Reese being eliminated and falling to 10-31 this season.
The frustration of the franchise by being selected twice by All-Stars tells her Chicago Tribune If the team didn’t improve its prospects earlier this week, she might “maybe have to go in a different direction and do the best for me.”
Chicago Sky player Angel Reese during the WNBA All-Star Game at the Footprint Center. (Mark J. Redlas/USA Today’s Sports)
She backed down the comments and had apologized to the team after she beat Connecticut on Wednesday.
“Chicago Sky values the safety, respect and well-being of every player. We are committed to accountability so that our players can focus on playing basketball,” the team said in a statement. “This matter has been dealt with and addressed internally and we will move forward as a team.”
In the second half of the WNBA basketball game in Los Angeles, California on June 29, 2025, Chicago Angels Rees reacted after a foul call in the second half against the Los Angeles Sparks. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)
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Reese, the seventh pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft, entered 14.7 points and the league’s best 12.6 rebounds on Saturday. She has participated in 30 games this season.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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