Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky are watching the WNBA playoffs unfold from home, which might prove a bit painful for the team given it had possession of the eighth and final playoff spot for a good chunk of the 2024 season. Although Reese‘s wrist injury wouldn’t have allowed her to participate anyway, the near-miss was considered a step backward in Chicago, which made the playoffs in 2023 before drafting Reese and Kamilla Cardoso.
The Sky made it clear that the standard has to be raised in 2025 by firing first-year head coach Teresa Weatherspoon on Sept. 26. The decision proved controversial — analysts believed that Weatherspoon overachieved with Chicago’s 2024 roster, and Weatherspoon was also a strong Reese supporter, sticking by the All-Star as detractors slammed her offensive inefficiency during her rookie year.
Reese continues to support Weatherspoon
Before entering the coaching ranks, Weatherspoon was a star guard for the New York Liberty, for whom she played between 1997 and 2003. Despite never averaging more than 7.2 points per game in a season, Weatherspoon was known as a premier defender — like Reese is now — and set the WNBA record for steals per game with 3.3 in 1998.
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Weatherspoon was in attendance Tuesday night as the top-seeded Liberty defeated the defending champion Las Vegas Aces and moved to within one game of reaching the WNBA Finals for a second successive season. And Reese reacted on X/Twitter when “Spoon” was shown on the Barclays Center video board, revealing how much her former coach meant to her.
Barclays showing love to Liberty legend Teresa Weatherspoon! pic.twitter.com/MO6nK7RPlu
— Natalie Esquire (@natfluential) October 2, 2024
The building blocks of Reese and Cardoso remain in place for Chicago, and the Sky have the second-most cap space in the league before free agency. But Weatherspoon’s replacement — whomever that may be — faces an uphill battle in getting Reese on their side, given the strong bond the “Chi-town Barbie” shared with the former head coach.
Ellie 🤝 Liberty legend and former Sky head coach Teresa Weatherspoon #WNBA
pic.twitter.com/V99UuYpQtV— Tyler DeLuca (@TylerDeLuca) October 2, 2024
Everyone Is Praying For Baker Mayfield And His Wife After The Couple Was Forced From Their Home In Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield and his wife Emily have had to evacuate their home this week because of Hurricane Helene.
The hurricane hit northern Florida pretty hard, causing major flooding and power loss.
Mayfield, his wife Emily, their daughter, and their dog left their residence before the storm hit as a means of caution. Emily furnished her followers with an update on Friday.
“Baker, Koko, Fergus and I evacuated yesterday and are safe,” she said via Instagram. “Our sweet, sweet community got pummeled, but even that doesn’t compare to the people up North who took this storm head on. It’s unfathomable.”
Emily is grateful that Helene did not affect the Mayfield home but revealed she was “praying nonstop” for the people dealing with the impact while also offering tangible assistance.
“I am looking for ways to get out and tangibly help,” she added. “Please send me anything you find, and I will share the good ones.”
