Angel Reese Fined By WNBA After Caitlin Clark Cheap Shot Game

Angel Reese has been fined by the WNBA proper immediately after the Chicago Sky’s match versus the Indiana Fever … but, it genuinely is not for what most supporters could think.

The league introduced a higher-excellent for the rookie for skipping media obligations postgame … dinging her $1,000 for not creating herself obtainable to reporters. They have also fined the Sky $5k.

Of class, Angel clearly applauded a low-priced shot foul her teammate Chennedy Carter hit Clark with in the course of the video game Saturday, and some could have believed the league would reprimand her for that … but, so significantly, that is not the predicament.

There is been strain amongst Angel and Caitlin in contemporary months, irrespective of AR immediately after assuring the basic public her beef with Clark existed only inside of the confines of the court. The loss to the Fever appeared to genuinely upset Reese — who can make just shy of $74k a calendar year, not collectively with endorsements — and, she blew off reporters.

Just final month, Angel seemingly posted a dig at Caitlin on the web, writing her crew pulled out an impressive achieve just due to the fact of their squad cohesion alternatively than “one particular player on our charter flight.”

Reese later deleted the tweet, but not prior to it went viral. Blended with the low-cost shot cheering, this beef appears to be a bit added customized than Reese would like to acknowledge.

BTW … quite fantastic news for outraged Fever lovers. The league upgraded the awful hit on Clark from a well-known foul to a flagrant-1 violation on Chennedy Carter. The league did not wonderful or suspend Carter.