{"id":203360,"date":"2025-09-05T22:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T22:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/203360\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T22:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T22:03:11","slug":"sky-suspend-angel-reese-over-different-direction-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/203360\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky suspend Angel Reese over &#8216;different direction&#8217; comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Angel Reese has been suspended for the first half of the Sky\u2019s game Sunday against the Aces after she called out her Chicago teammates and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/03\/sports\/angel-reese-bluntly-calls-out-sky-threatens-to-go-in-different-direction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">threatened to go in a \u201cdifferent direction\u201d<\/a> in a recent interview.<\/p>\n<p>Reese was suspended by the league for the Sky\u2019s game on Friday after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/04\/sports\/skys-angel-reese-suspended-one-game-for-eighth-technical-of-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recording her eighth technical foul of the season<\/a> in their previous game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chicago Sky values the safety, respect, and well-being of every player,\u201d the team said in a statement Friday. \u201cWe are committed to accountability so our players can stay focused on playing basketball. Because of the statements detrimental to the team made by Angel Reese during league-mandated media, she will not play in the first half of the game on September 7 against the Las Vegas Aces.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37034063\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/chicago-sky-forward-angel-reese-110724412.jpg\" alt=\"Angel Reese, Chicago Sky forward, #5.\" class=\"wp-image-37034063\"  \/>Angel Reese is pictured during the Sky\u2019s Sept. 3 game. Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis matter has been handled and resolved internally, and we are moving forward as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reese, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2025\/09\/03\/chicago-sky-angel-reese-free-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the interview with the Chicago Tribune<\/a>, talked about not \u201csettling for the same s\u2013t we did this year\u201d and potentially needing to do \u201cwhat\u2019s best for me\u201d if something didn\u2019t change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very vocal about what we need and what I want,\u201d Reese told the Tribune. \u201cI\u2019d like to be here for my career, but if things don\u2019t pan out, obviously I might have to move in a different direction and do what\u2019s best for me. But while I am here, I\u2019m going to try to stay open-minded about what I have here and maximize that as much as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Sky enter Friday\u2019s game with a 10-30 record and, once this year concludes, will have missed the playoffs in each of Reese\u2019s first two WNBA seasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37034067\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/chicago-sky-forward-angel-reese-110724479.jpg\" alt=\"WNBA Chicago Sky player dribbling the ball.\" class=\"wp-image-37034067\"  \/>Angel Reese drives to the basket during the Sky\u2019s Sept. 3 game against the Sun. Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Reese, the No. 7 overall pick last year, has averaged 14.7 points and 12.6 rebounds per game in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to get good players,\u201d Reese told the Tribune of what the Sky need to do in the offseason. \u201cWe have to get great players. That\u2019s a non-negotiable for me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Angel Reese has been suspended for the first half of the Sky\u2019s game Sunday against the Aces after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":203361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1496,1497,62,67,132,68,232],"class_list":{"0":"post-203360","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-angel-reese","9":"tag-chicago-sky","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us","14":"tag-wnba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115153954824066953","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}