Angel Reese was asked if she hopes a season-best performance against the Liberty will help her battle the scrutiny she faces online. And teammate Ariel Atkins took the opportunity to implore the WNBA community to give Reese the respect she deserves. www.nytimes.com/athletic/641... - ThreadSky

theathletic.bsky.social • 5 days ago

Angel Reese was asked if she hopes a season-best performance against the Liberty will help her battle the scrutiny she faces online.

And teammate Ariel Atkins took the opportunity to implore the WNBA community to give Reese the respect she deserves.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6418759/2025/06/11/angel-reese-respect-ariel-atkins-sky-wnba/?source=bsky_hq

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chokoreetob.bsky.social•5 days ago

I think she just needs to play better. She’s been awful the year.

thedudenfl.bsky.social•5 days ago

And then proceeded to miss a layup

robrath.bsky.social•5 days ago

With winning comes respect. Once she leads her team to quality wins and the playoffs, she will get more respect. Nobody cares about your 15 rebounds if your team just got destroyed.

notagback5.bsky.social•5 days ago

Angel “Mebounds” Reese 🤣😂🤭

msbukat.bsky.social•4 days ago

She needs to just get off social media…not good for the soul. Focus on her game.

sp2799.bsky.social•5 days ago

A post player shooting 36% with 62.5% more turnovers/game than any other player on the team.

truvyknowsbest.bsky.social•5 days ago

This 💯 You can pick your fighter in the WNBA and still acknowledge that there is so much more grace and tolerance and deference expected from these women (even your least favorite) vs. their male counterparts in the NBA.

balsagna.bsky.social•5 days ago

Her game is predicated on put backs and rebounds. Can we stop acting like her game is redefining what it means to play women’s basketball?

Her game reminds of me Tristan Thompson. That’s not a huge compliment.

normmininger.bsky.social•5 days ago

Grace?

LOL.

bronxthomas.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yes, graceful indeed

michaeljordan99.bsky.social•4 days ago

Surely she meant Clown.

balsagna.bsky.social•5 days ago

Maybe they would respect her game more if she didn’t scream at them to accept the greatness of her game. People like to give praise, but rarely to people who are demanding you give it to them.

soxinmi.bsky.social•5 days ago

She is a good player. An asset to her team. The crown though, is one she gave herself. Calling herself the Bayou Barbie. Demanding she be given credit just like Clark (which is certainly a fair argument, but demanding it puts the spotlight on you.)

soxinmi.bsky.social•5 days ago

If you demand the spotlight it’s on your to decide what they see. You can not care and act however you want- her right and again- is only 23!. Or you can care and be on your best at all times- unreasonable to ask. But you can’t demand to wear the crown, then complain about the weight of it.

jjl62.bsky.social•5 days ago

She is all self promotion but she can’t match what her promoter is selling.

marlaef.bsky.social•5 days ago

She’s 23. She’s been speaking for herself all this time. She doesn’t need Ariel to do it for her.
She can’t buy a basket this year and hasn’t played up to the hype.
It is what it is — she’s got work to do.

awbasil.bsky.social•5 days ago

She has faced a lot of unfair hate for non basketball reasons masquerading as basketball opinions.
She has also faced valid basketball criticism for being a historically bad shooter on mostly layups.
Problem is people can't differentiate between the honest basketball takes & non basketball ones.

bronxthomas.bsky.social•5 days ago

Good for Ariel Atkins. Angel Reese is a class act and incredibly strong but enough is enough. The hate and stupidity directed at her is out of control.

dbergstr.bsky.social•5 days ago

Dumb questions about basketball only please come on…..

mcjahgernaut.bsky.social•5 days ago

Respect is earned. And she hasn’t earned mine despite her talents.

spraynstarch.bsky.social•5 days ago

On one end this is pretty sad because she’s the most hated person in a league that no one cares about three year’s ago. On the other end she talked a lot of trash coming into the league and now it’s circling back at her. Her career is permanently tainted no matter how you look at it.

timsugrue.bsky.social•5 days ago

Winning cures all

spraynstarch.bsky.social•5 days ago

You’re not wrong.

diggitydek.bsky.social•5 days ago

That question was a layup. So she very likely missed it.

leahbh.bsky.social•5 days ago

23-year old adult. She's a college graduate. 🤦🏻

cerowb.bsky.social•5 days ago

Can we just stop with this 'crown' nonsense?

This is entirely of her own creation. She gave herself a crown, for some reason. Nobody gave it to her. Nobody asked her to wear it. Yet we're always hearing about how hard she has it because of how "heavy" the crown is.

chrisvogel1.bsky.social•4 days ago

What crown

webb1701.bsky.social•5 days ago

Maybe if she wasn't such an asshole

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