Angel Reese won the unmatched league’s inauguration championship on Monday night, and with that came a $ 50,000 bonus.
Reese, who won the College National Championship with LSU in 2023, was part of Rose BC with Chelsea Gray, Lexie Hull, Kahleah Cooper, Azura Stevens and Brittney Sykes.
Each player won the bonus and it is safe to say that Reese was pretty excited.
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Angel Reese, No. 5 of Rose, responds during the first quarter of the game against Phantom in the Wayfair Arena on January 31, 2025 in Medley, Florida. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)
“50k needs daughter,” she posted to X shortly after the victory.
That prompted Sydney Colson, who recently signed a one-year deal with Caitlin Clark’s Indiana fever, to crack a joke about Reese giving her the money.
“Hey Angel Girl, just wanted to check in and see how you are doing, and just let you know that I’m here for you if you need something … especially if you need to get rid of 50k tomorrow or something similar …” Colson replied to Reese’s post.
But Reese rejected it and it seems that her original post was not much of sarcasm.
Angel Reese, No. 5 of Rose, dribbles the ball against Phantom during the third quarter of the game in the Wayfair Arena on January 31, 2025 in Medley, Florida. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)
“Hi Sista. I’m fine. Just won 50k on a flight. I know you’re very attentive and I’m sorry to break it for you but I’m on a rookie contract and the 50k was a little more than half of my contract so I have to keep it for myself … Sorry 🙁 Give me a couple of years and I gotchu.
Reese has talked about WNBA contracts recently -she earned just under $ 75,000 in her rookie season and will do less than the coming year.
“I live beyond my funds. Hading pays them bills, baby. I just hope you know that wnba won’t pay my bills at all,” she said back in October. “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? “
Angel Reese of Rose responds during the first quarter of the game against Phantom in the Wayfair Arena on January 31, 2025 in Medley, Florida. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)
Reese also said earlier this month that she is willing to “stay at the negotiating table as long as it takes” to get players more money.
Reese was named this year’s defensive player in the initial season.
