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Chicago Sky star Angel Reese is a technical error away from a WNBA suspension.
With seven technical violations in just her first 22 games of the season already, an eighth would put Reese past the threshold of a one-game pension per day. WNBA rules.
Reese picked up his seventh technical in the season on Tuesday night in the first quarter of a blowout loss to Lynx. Reese seemed to pick up the technical after being assessed a common error due to an off-camera interaction with judges.
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Reese is currently leading all WNBA players in technical violations this season by seven, according to across the timeline. Washinton Mystics -player Shakira Austin is in second place with five.
Reese got her first technical mistake of the season of the season opener against Indiana Fever and her long -time rival Caitlin Clark. The foul happened after Reese grabbed an offensive rebound, and Clark let Reese’s arm got hard enough to jar the ball loose and knock Reese on the floor.
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Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese leads to the dressing room after being postponed from a WNBA basketball match against New York Liberty during the second half on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 in Chicago. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Photo)
When Reese got up, she tried to confront Clark before Indianas Aliyah Boston stepped in between the two players. Clark’s third personal error was upgraded to a flagant 1, while Boston and Reese each drew technical errors after a repetition review of the judges.
Reese has not been exposed to Clark since this game as Clark has missed more games due to injury this season.
Reese then recorded technical mistakes against New York Liberty on May 22, Dallas Wings on May 31, Connecticut Sun on June 15, Los Angeles sparks on June 29 and mystics on July 8.
Last season, Reese got only four technical errors, with one coming against Clark. Meanwhile, Clark came a technically vicious of suspension last season and got seven up. However, Clark’s seventh technical mistake came in the last month of the season, while Reese is already seven in July.
Chicago Sky Forward Angel Reese talks to teammates during a timeout in the first half of a WNBA basketball match against Seattle Storm, Tuesday, May 28, 2024, in Chicago. (Erin Hooley/AP -Photo)
If Reese is assessed an eight technically and is suspended, she loses her game check for that game. Reese has already been the vocals of not being paid enough without having to lose a game check.
Reese recently drew attention to herself on the WNBA All-Star game as she spoke against WNBA for her handling of recent negotiations with the player’s union, WNBPA, over a new collective negotiation agreement.
Reese said the proposal Wnba Sent to the players was “disrespectful.”
“It was an eye opener for me. Like hearing things and hearing things and not things that I was happy to hear. It was disrespectful the things we were sent back, the suggestion that we were sent back,” Reese told journalists in WNBA All-Star Weekend on Friday.
Chicago Sky Forward Angel Reese (5) dribbles against Minnesota Lynx in the first quarter of Target Center. (Brad Remple/Imag- Pictures)
“It’s important to be able to be vocal. If I am leaning back, it seems that I don’t care.”
Last October, Reese admitted that she could not afford to pay her bills based on her WNBA salary, in an Instagram Live video, adding that she paid $ 8,000 per day. Month for rent.
“I live beyond my funds. Hate paying them bills, baby. I just hope you know that wnba won’t pay my bills at all,” she said. “I don’t even think it pays one of my bills. Literally I try to think of my rent for where I live at. Let me do the math really quickly. I don’t even know my (wnba) salary, $ 74,000? “
