Angel Reese has claimed one of her Chicago Sky teammates was harassed outside the team’s hotel during her WNBA feud over Chennedy Carter’s body check on Caitlin Clark.
A day after being sent off for the first time in her professional career, Reese, 22, revealed that she was pressured by paparazzi and her teammates upon their arrival at the team hotel in Washington DC. The Sky plays against Mystics on Thursday.
Reese shared on X on Wednesday: “Finding our team hotel to pull out a camera when we get off the bus and putting it in my teammates’ faces and harassing her is dirty work.
“This has really gotten out of hand and needs to stop,” she added.
Reese’s teammate and Sky forward Isabelle Harrison also followed up on the incident: ‘WOW!!! Thank GOD for safety. It’s insane that my teammate is being harassed in our hotel! I couldn’t even get off the bus!!!’
Angel Reese and Chennedy Carter high five during their match against Caitlin Clark on Saturday.
On Tuesday, Reese claimed that someone harassed a Sky teammate by putting a camera in her face
The Sky’s Isabelle Harrison backed up the WNBA star’s claim by giving her version of events
It remains unclear which Sky member was allegedly harassed.
Earlier on Wednesday, the league rescinded the second technical foul Reese committed just 24 hours earlier against the New York Liberty.
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 that,” Sky coach Teresa Weatherspoon said after the match. “I don’t know what happened until this moment.”
Chief official Maj Forsberg said in a pool report that Reese’s technical fouls resulted from “disrespectfully addressing” the referee and then “waving her hand in a dismissal.”
Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball was at the game and said on X that he would pay the $400 fine Reese would receive from the league for getting the two technical fouls.
Just 24 hours before he was accused of harassment on the team bus, Reese was ejected against NY
The harassment allegations come days after Carter shot Clark with his shoulder during Chicago’s loss to Indiana
If a player receives seven technical warnings during the regular season, he will be punished with a one-match suspension. On Saturday, Reese was fined $1,000 for not speaking to the media after Chicago’s loss in Indiana.
In that game, Carter — Reese’s teammate — shot his shoulder at Clark, knocking the Fever point guard to the ground before catching an inbounds pass in the third quarter.
In the aftermath of the hard foul, questions and discussions about physicality in the WNBA surfaced. The league eventually took action by upgrading the game to a flagrant foul of 1 a day after the Sunday game.
Although the WNBA has not explicitly commented on the physical plays involving Clark, the clash between Carter and Clark had people talking not only across the sports media landscape, but also on shows like “The View.”
Clark currently ranks 11th in average fouls per game, with an average of 4.2 per game, tops among rookies
There has been no shortage of opinions about the physicality the WNBA Draft No. 1 overall pick has faced this season, either arguing that not enough is being done to protect her or that she is being targeted 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.
Going into Thursday’s games, Clark is currently 11th in average fouls per game, with an average of 4.2 per game, which ranks top among rookies in that category. She ranks third in total fouls with 46, but the Fever (2-9) has played the most games.
Clark has said she won’t let the physical game get to her head and that she will continue to play her game.
However, sometimes her frustration manifests itself when she feels like she is not getting a call. She has been hit by three technical fouls, the most important in the competition. A seventh technical match during the regular season would result in a one-match suspension.