Angel Reese has claimed that one of her Chicago Sky teammates has been harassed outside the team hotel amid their WNBA dispute over Chennedy Carter’s body check on Caitlin Clark.
A day after being ejected for the first time in her professional career, Reese, 22, revealed that paparazzi put a lot of pressure on her and her teammates upon their arrival at the team hotel in Washington, DC. The Sky will play the Mystics on Thursday.
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“This is really out of control and needs to stop,” he added.
Reese’s teammate and Sky forward Isabelle Harrison also spoke about the incident: ‘WOW!!! Thank GOD for safety. My teammate being harassed in our hotel is crazy! I couldn’t even get off the bus!!!’
Angel Reese and Chennedy Carter high-five during their matchup against Caitlin Clark on Saturday.
On Tuesday, Reese claimed that a person harassed a Sky teammate by putting a camera in her face.
Sky’s Isabelle Harrison backed the WNBA star’s claim by giving her side of the story.
It is unclear which Sky member was allegedly harassed.
Earlier Wednesday, the league overturned the second technical foul assessed against Reese against the New York Liberty just 24 hours earlier.
Reese was ejected from the game after receiving two technical fouls following a brief interaction with official Charles Watson. The rookie forward appeared to say something to Watson and then quickly waved her hand.
‘I tried to get an explanation. I didn’t do it,” Sky coach Teresa Weatherspoon said after the game. “I don’t know at this point what happened.”
Senior official Maj Forsberg said in a group report that Reese’s technical fouls were for “disrespectfully addressing” the referee and then “waving his hand in dismissal.”
Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball was at the game and said on X that he would pay the $400 fine Reese would face from the league for committing the two technical fouls.
Just 24 hours before alleging harassment on the team bus, Reese was expelled before NY
The harassment allegations come days after Carter shot Clark in the shoulder in Chicago’s loss to Indiana.
If a player receives seven technical fouls in the regular season, he is given a one-game suspension. On Saturday, Reese was fined $1,000 for not speaking to the media after Chicago’s loss at Indiana.
In that game, Reese’s teammate Carter shoulder-fired Clark, knocking the Fever point guard to the ground before an incoming pass during the third quarter.
In the wake of the tough foul, questions and discussions arose about physicality in the WNBA. The league ended up taking action by upgrading the play to a flagrant 1 foul a day after Sunday’s game.
Although the WNBA has not explicitly commented on the physical plays involving Clark, the Carter-Clark collision got people talking not only in the sports media landscape, but also on shows like ‘The View.’
Clark currently ranks 11th in average fouls committed per game, averaging 4.2 per game, best among rookies.
There is no shortage of opinions about the physicality that the number one pick in the WNBA Draft has faced this season, whether arguing that not enough is being done to protect her, or that she is being attacked by other players due to the media attention she receives. , that race is a factor or that it is simply the natural competitive evolution in the growing sport of women’s basketball.
Heading into Thursday’s games, Clark currently ranks 11th in average fouls committed per game, averaging 4.2 per game, best among rookies in that category. He ranks third in total fouls committed with 46, but the Fever (2-9) have played the most games.
Clark has said he won’t let the physical game get to his head and will continue to play his game.
Sometimes, however, your frustration manifests itself when you feel like you’re not getting a call. He has received a league-leading three technical fouls. A seventh technical foul during the regular season would result in a one-game suspension.
