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ESPN -Basketball Personality Chiney ogwumike want people to put Sky on to Chicago Reese Angel Break as she navigates her second Wnba season.
“Let her cook. In the words of ChlorillaLet her cook, ”said Ogwumike, 33 Weekly US only in the 2025 Espys On Wednesday, July 16. “I feel that the microscope that these women are under is so unprecedented. And we are an alliance where we are sisters and we stand together.”
Reese, 23, is preparing to take part in her second All-Star game in so many seasons in the WNBA, but she has become a lightning rod for online vitrol-something of it because of its anapologetic nature and some of it is nothing but racism products.
“I think all our players have to show them support as they grow and try to find themselves,” continued Ogwumike, All-Star himself two-time. “The weight (o) of the crown she wears is very heavy, but she wears her with grace and her game is just blooming.”
Having struggled to start the season, Reese has emerged as one of the most prominent postal players in the league. On July 12, she was the fastest player in WNBA’s history to record 40 double-double career, doing so in just 54 games.
“If you’ve seen this year – I did the numbers – in May, it was on average 10 points. In June, 14. This month, 18 points per game,” said Ogwumike. “She demonstrates her guard skills, she leads her franchise.”
Off the court, Reese has found so much success. He was recently named a cover athlete for the WNBA issue of NBA 2K26, has the social media followers of any WNBA player, has a signature shoe with Reebok and began his own base to support young women in under -represented communities.
“She’s a supermarket in my eyes for what she does on and off court,” Ogwumike concluded. “And I want her to feel confident and know that people get it back and how she grows and she does everything she needs to be. And then some.”
Ogwumike is not the only star athlete to jump to the Reese defense. Sheryl Swoopes. Shaquille O’Neal and Gilbert’s arenas all spoken out after before Washington Quarter Robert Griffin III attempt to deny A racial image of Reese shared on social media by re -drawing the image and accusing it of hate Caitlin Clark – Something Reese has been continually denied.
Reese and Clark, also 23, were about to meet in the All-Star game, which will be held on Saturday, July 19, at Clark’s home arena in Indianapolis, but an AFL injury will keep Clark on the sideline. Reese, for her part, failed to Chicago’s last game before the break with a leg injury and his status for the weekend is still unclear.