Angel Reese mocked for missing layup repeatedly after comments about WNBA players sitting out for more money

WNBA subordinate Angel Reese whitethorn not person helped her negotiating leverage overmuch with a viral lowlight Monday. 

During an Unrivaled game, Reese missed 3 consecutive shots portion lasting close nether the basket, and 1 of the shots deed the bottommost borderline of the backboard. 

Reese was capable to astatine slightest travel distant with 2 violative rebounds connected the possession but fell to the hardwood aft missing her 3rd shot. 

Footage of the series rapidly dispersed crossed societal media, and galore mocked the timing of it aft Reese ignited contention with caller claims WNBA players whitethorn garbage to play games to negociate higher pay. 

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Angel Reese of Rose reacts during the archetypal 4th of a crippled against the Phantom astatine Wayfair Arena Jan. 31, 2025, successful Medley, Fla.  (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)

Reese and chap WNBA subordinate DiJonai Carrington addressed the adjacent WNBA corporate bargaining statement during Reese's podcast Friday. 

"I've got to get successful the meetings due to the fact that I'm proceeding like, 'If y'all don't springiness america what we want, we sitting out,'" Reese said.

"The WNBA don't wage my bills astatine all. I don't adjacent deliberation it pays 1 of my bills. Literally."

The sports drama X relationship "Hater Report" past posted a video of Reese missing the layups with the caption, "Angel Reese DESERVES much money. PAY HER PLEASE."

Other users got successful connected the parade of sarcastic comments.

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"GIVE HER THE MAX," 1 idiosyncratic wrote. 

Another idiosyncratic joked, "Please springiness this miss a rise earlier she decides to beryllium retired the adjacent season." 

Some critics were little sarcastic and much straight harsh.

"We should wage her not to play, delight don’t marque america ticker this (as if anyone watches this)," 1 idiosyncratic wrote. 

Another professional wrote, "PAY HER LESS. Quit moving your yapping mouth."

In November, Reese went retired of her mode to respond to a idiosyncratic with little than 300 followers connected X aft helium mocked her for missing layups, mentioning her 39% shooting percentage. 

Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky arrives astatine the arena earlier a crippled against the New York Liberty July 13, 2024, astatine the Wintrust Arena successful Chicago.  (Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images)

"Do you recognize I got drafted seventh successful my people portion ‘missing layups’ arsenic a ROOKIE shooting 39% connected the twelvemonth and was STILL an All-Star and that was the worst you’ll ever spot me?" Reese wrote. "Or you conscionable laid up with your canine astatine location hating Adam?"

Reese's shooting quality was not considered a spot of her crippled erstwhile she entered the WNBA aft her title assemblage vocation astatine LSU. At 6 feet, 3 inches tall, Reese was considered a premier defender and rebounder. She lived up to that estimation arsenic a rookie, proving the doubters of her shooting quality right. 

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She averaged 13.1 rebounds per crippled successful 2024 and became the archetypal subordinate successful WNBA past with 3 consecutive games of 20-plus rebounds. Reese broke the WNBA single-season assistance grounds Sept. 1. However, season-ending wrist country a fewer weeks aboriginal prevented her from holding the record. Eventual MVP A'ja Wilson broke the grounds Sept. 11. 

Reese changeable 39% from the field, conscionable 18.8% from 3-point scope and conscionable 73.6% astatine the escaped propulsion line. She missed layups aggregate times successful her archetypal year.

Reese signed a four-year, $324,383 rookie declaration up of her archetypal WNBA play successful 2024. She made nether $75,000 successful her archetypal twelvemonth and volition marque little than that successful 2025. 

Angel Reese (5) of the Chicago Sky boxes retired during a crippled against the Dallas Wings June 20, 2024, astatine the Wintrust Arena successful Chicago. (Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images)

In October, Reese revealed she couldn't spend to wage her bills based connected that wage successful an Instagram unrecorded video. 

"I’m surviving beyond my means. Hating pays them bills, baby. I conscionable anticipation you cognize the WNBA don’t wage my bills astatine all," she said. "I don’t adjacent deliberation that pays one of my bills. Literally, I’m trying to deliberation of my rent for wherever I enactment at. Let maine bash the mathematics existent quick. I don’t adjacent cognize my (WNBA) salary, $74,000?"

Reese said she's paying $8,000 for rent.

"Babe, if y’all thought… That WNBA cheque don’t wage a thing," she added. "Did that adjacent wage my car note? … I wouldn’t adjacent beryllium capable to devour a sandwich with that. I wouldn’t adjacent beryllium capable to eat. I wouldn’t beryllium capable to live."

The WNBA players national opted retired of its existent corporate bargaining statement successful October, 2 years earlier its expiration. 

The existent CBA volition inactive screen the 2025 season, truthful the 2 sides person a twelvemonth to negociate a caller agreement.

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