Angel Reese Sorry to drop Sky teammates after comments are controversial | Chicago Sky

Angel Reese is frustrated by this Chicago Sky With the franchise over another failed season.

twice WNBA The All-Star told the Chicago Tribune that if the team does not improve its prospects, she “may have to go in a different direction and do the best for me.”

“I’m very voice-over about what we need and what we want,” she said. “I want to be here in my career, but if things aren’t solved, obviously, I might have to go in a different direction and do the best for me. But when I’m here, I’m going to try to be open to what I have here and maximize it as much as possible.”

Chicago raised to 10-30 after pulling Connecticut on Wednesday night. Reese scored 18 points and 13 rebounds. The franchise has been 3-15 since the All-Star break, but Reese has missed a lot of these games.

“I didn’t solve it…we did this year,” the young star told the newspaper. “We have to attract good players. We have to attract good players. It’s not something to talk about for me. I’m willing and want to do my best. But I can help get the best here, and that’s what I’m going to do in the offseason.

“So it will be very, very important to make sure we attract the best people in the offseason because we can’t settle for everything this year.”

Reese, who was the seventh overall pick in the WNBA Draft last season, averaged 14.6 points, and the league’s best 12.6 rebounds. She has at least one season on her rookie contract.

Reese shrank her comments after Wednesday night’s victory and said she had apologized to the team.

“I may be frustrated with myself right now,” she said. “I think the language is removed from the context and I really don’t mean to put down my teammates because they’ve been through this with me all year.”

Reese said she had to learn from this situation.

“I just need to use my language better because I know it’s not information, it’s messenger, and knowing what I’m saying can take any way, so I just need to be better and grow from it.”

Reese told the newspaper that she hopes coach Tyler Marsh will work harder to coach players and does not think the team’s current roster is enough to win the championship. She was also asked to eliminate injured point guard Courtney Vandersloot, who was eliminated due to an ACL injury. Vandersloot is an important part of the series’ only champion in 2021.

“We can’t rely on Courtney to come back at her age,” Rees said. “I know she will be a big asset for us, but we can’t rely on that. We need someone who might be young to have some experience, someone is playing games, willing to compete for a championship and have been a championship before.”