Angel Reese has been one of many few shiny spots for the Chicago Sky this season and one of many largest tales within the WNBA. She has put collectively an historic rookie season that has seen her common a double-double each evening whereas additionally setting a brand new single-season rebounding file.
That unbelievable rookie season is coming to a untimely finish.
Reese introduced on Saturday evening that her season is over because of a wrist harm that she suffered in Friday’s win over the Los Angeles Sparks.
Wrote Reese in an Instagram post:
“What a yr. I by no means would have imagined the final bucket of my rookie season could be a 3 however possibly that was God saying give them a style of what they are going to be seeing extra of in Yr 2 lol. “I am full of feelings proper now that I’ve a season ending harm, but in addition full of a lot gratitude for what’s subsequent. Though that is God’s timing and never mine, I’m lastly in a position to give myself a bodily and psychological break. ‘God provides his hardest battles to his strongest troopers.'”
Reese was the No. 7 general decide within the 2024 WNBA Draft and leads the league with 26 double-doubles. That features a WNBA file of 15 consecutive video games with a double-double earlier within the season.
The Sky are nonetheless in a battle for a playoff spot and had been tied with the Atlanta Dream for the eighth spot as of Saturday. Chicago has six video games remaining in its season.
Securing that playoff spot — after which with the ability to do something significant within the playoffs — can be a problem with out Reese who has already established herself as one of many workforce’s finest gamers.
This additionally most likely ends any Rookie of the Yr debate that was nonetheless lingering as Indiana Fever guard Clark has helped drive the Fever into the playoffs whereas additionally taking part in dominant basketball within the second half of the marketing campaign. A untimely finish to Reese’s season makes it much more troublesome for her to be the highest vote-getter.