Chicago Sky star Angel Reese has actually been setting WNBA records at a historical rate on par with fellow novice Caitlin Clark, yet much of Reese’s critics think her rebounding records in specific need to feature a caution– that is, she’s benefiting off of her own missed out on shots.
Reese broke the WNBA single-season rebounding record in Sunday’s 79-74 loss to the Minnesota Lynx, exceeding retired center Sylvia Fowles’s mark of 404. The previous LSU standout logged 19 rebounds in her 24th double-double getaway of the season and now has a tremendous 418 rebounds through her very first 32 video games in the league.
In the middle of continuous reaction over her rebounding statistics, Reese provided a strong message in Sunday’s postgame interview.
“A great deal of individuals believe it’s since I get my own [misses] Statistically, it’s not,” Reese stated. “A great deal of individuals believe it’s since I’m the highest on the court, when I’m not the highest on the court. Simply having the ability to decrease there and bang, doing things that a great deal of individuals do not wish to do. Defense and rebounding wins champions. And I’ve won champions at every level by simply doing that.”
“A great deal of individuals believe it’s since I get my own rebounds, however statistically it’s not. A great deal of individuals believe it’s due to the fact that I’m the highest on the court when I’m not the highest on the court.”
Angel Reese on why she’s such a terrific rebounder pic.twitter.com/zQd7DfsGKF
— The Sporting News (@sportingnews) September 1, 2024
ESPN’s Rebecca Lobo concerned Reese’s defense recently and brought the statistics to show it.
“Some of her critics like to state, ‘She gets a great deal of offending rebounds off her own misses out on,'” Lobo stated on SportsCenter“Well, our statistics and info group looked that up. If you remove all of the offending rebounds off her own misses out on, think what? She’s still leading the league in offending rebounds per video game. She has actually been impressive. Historically amazing.”
Reese presently holds the WNBA novice season records for rebounds and double-doubles, yet her first-year specific success hasn’t always equated to group wins. Following Sunday’s defeat, the Sky (11-21) have actually dropped 7 of their last 8 video games coming out of the Olympic break and are slowly forgeting the playoff race.
Reese, who astoundingly has more profession rebounds than 74.5% of all gamers in WNBA history, might be primed to make more history in the coming month. The 22-year-old forward is simply 5 double-doubles far from breaking Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas’s single-season double-double mark (28 ).