Angel Reese says rival Caitlin Clark isn’t the only reason WNBA is popular: ‘It’s because of me, too’
Angel Reese doesn’t believe Caitlin Clark is the only reason the WNBA has become popular over the past year.
“I think so many people are watching women’s basketball right now,” the Chicago Sky star told WGN News after practice Monday.
“It all started from the national championship game, and I’ve been dealing with this for two years now, and understand that, yeah, negative things have probably been said about me. But honestly, I’ll take that because look where women’s basketball is.”
Reese, 22, said the league is gaining recognition from people who “you never would think would be talking about women’s basketball.”
Angel Reese said Caitlin Clark is not the only reason the WNBA has become popular over the past year.
The Chicago Sky star said the league is gaining recognition from people who “you never would think would be talking about women’s basketball.”
“People are pulling up to games. We’ve got celebrities coming to games [and] sold-out arenas just because of one single game,” she said, referring to the 2023 women’s NCAA title game, in which her college team, the LSU Tigers, won against Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes.
The forward said she is ready to “take the bad guy role” if it means the WNBA will continue to grow.
“I know I’ll go down in history. I’ll look back in 20 years and be like, ‘Yeah, the reason why we’re watching women’s basketball is not just because of one person. It’s because of me, too.’ And I want you to realize that,” she continued
“Like, it’s just not ’cause of one person. A lot of us have done so much for this game.”
“I know I’ll go down in history. I’ll look back in 20 years and be like, ‘Yeah, the reason why we’re watching women’s basketball is not just because of one person. It’s because of me, too,’” she told reporters Monday.
Reese believes the 2023 women’s NCAA title game, in which her college team, LSU, won against Clark’s team, Iowa, brought more eyes to women’s basketball.
Clark, also 22, has been lauded by many for taking women’s professional basketball to another level.
Charles Barkley recently said WNBA players should be “thanking” the Indiana Fever star “for getting y’all ass private charters.”
“All the money and visibility she’s bringing to the WNBA, what she’s accomplished, give her her flowers,” the 11-time NBA All-Star, 61, said. “Stop being petty, all you women out there. … Caitlin Clark, thank you for bringing all that money and shine to the WNBA.”
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