Angel Reese, an American professional WNBA’s Chicago Sky basketball player, has made headlines due to her firing news. However, her coach, Teresa Weatherspoon, was fired.
According to Annie Costabile of the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Sky fired head coach Teresa Weatherspoon after only one season.
Highlights
- Angel Reese wasn’t fired from Chicago Sky, but the team’s head coach was fired after only one season.
- Teresa Weatherspoon’s decision to manage the team’s game plan around a few players led to dysfunction.
- Sam Cassell mentioned that Anger Reese was perceived as lazy in high school because she was better than other players.
Angel’s mother taught her to play basketball from a young age and played against her brother, Julian. She drew inspiration from Maya Moore, Muggsy Bogues, and Candace Parker.
She was a four-year varsity basketball player at St. Frances Academy who could play all five positions. ESPN considered her a five-star recruit and the top wing in the 2020 class.
Angel helped LSU win its first national championship and won the tournament Most Outstanding Player award. She also played college basketball at Maryland.
Later, Chicago Sky selected her as the seventh overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft and debuted against Dallas Wings on May 15, 2024.
Angel Reese Wasn’t Fired, But Her Team’s Head Coach Was
There has been significant news about Angel Reese’s firing from the Chicago Sky, but Teresa Weatherspoon was fired instead of her.
Teresa has a close bond with Angel, and her decision to manage the team’s game plan around a few players led to some dysfunction.
This moment between Angel Reese and Teresa Weatherspoon 🫶 pic.twitter.com/5qGTtftXO3
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) September 27, 2024
Angel highlighted Teresa’s impact on her career and expressed sadness over her firing.
I’m heartbroken. I’m literally lost for words knowing what this women meant to me in such a pivotal point in my life. She was the only person that believed in me. The one that trusted me. Many don’t even know what it’s like to be a black women in sports when nobody believes in you. You had a tough job. All the crazy circumstances that we went through this year & when your back was against the wall, you always believed. I came to Chicago because of YOU. You were an unsung hero in my life.
Angel Tweeted.
Some netizens thought Teresa wasn’t ready and lost the team while trying to be a cool coach. They assumed she ran a game plan that benefitted Angel more than anyone else.
According to the league source, she had lost the locker room because of a culture catering to a few players’ needs.
Teresa Weatherspoon was a Hall of Famer who joined Chicago Sky on October 10, 2023.
Angel Reese Was Perceived As Lazy During Her High School
Sam Cassell, an American professional basketball coach, revealed that Angel Reese was lazy during her high school days during Mark Jackson and his son Bluu Jackson‘s podcast Come and Talk 2 Me.
He and Angel are from Baltimore and have seen her play during her time at St. Frances Academy. She was much better than other players and sometimes didn’t put in effort during games.
#TALLGIRLTWITTER🥰 pic.twitter.com/cb9uDXnYdu
— Angel Reese (@Reese10Angel) November 11, 2019
However, Sam feels happy to see her play in the WNBA. Angel became the first player to average over 13 rebounds per game and broke Sylvia Fowles’s record for most boards in a season.
She has become an energetic player willing to work hard on both ends of the floor and make her hometown proud with her court performances.
Just watching her grow up through the ranks in Baltimore High School and seeing her now play the game of basketball, I thought she was so lazy high school because she was so much better than anyone. Sometimes she’d miss a layup, get a rebound, miss another layup, another team get the ball and she wouldn’t run back down court.
Sam Cassell on Come and Talk 2 Me.
Angel Reese was nicknamed Chi-Barbie and Bayou-Barbie. After her basketball career, she expressed interest in modeling and broadcasting.
Additional Information
- Angel Reese, the daughter of Angel and Michael Reese, was born on May 6, 2002, in Randallstown, Maryland.
- In addition to basketball, she learned to play ballet, swimming, gymnastics, and track during childhood.
- Angel was in a relationship with Florida State men’s basketball player Cam’Ron Fletcher from 2023 until early 2024.
- She has amassed an estimated net worth of $2 million as of 2024.
