{"id":731504,"date":"2026-04-16T06:24:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/731504\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T06:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:24:21","slug":"rookie-excited-to-learn-from-angel-reese-as-new-atlanta-dream-teammates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/731504\/","title":{"rendered":"Rookie Excited to Learn from Angel Reese as New Atlanta Dream Teammates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Angel Reese<\/a> is a new addition to the Atlanta Dream roster for the upcoming 2026 WNBA<\/a> season. Reese quickly established herself as a force in the league after being drafted No. 7 overall to the Chicago Sky<\/a> in the first round of the 2024 WNBA Draft.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-3 forward led the WNBA in rebounding as a rookie in 2024 (13.1 per game) and again in her second season (12.6 per game). After spending two years in Chicago, the former LSU<\/a> Tiger was acquired by Atlanta on April 6 in a package that included its first-round pick in 2027 and 2028.<\/p>\n

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Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese (5) drives to the basket against Connecticut Sun center Tina Charles (31).Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Joining Reese as a new teammate on the Dream is their newly drafted center Madina Okot. Okot was selected by Atlanta with the No. 13 overall pick in the 2026 WNBA draft. The Kenyan-native came to the United States for her junior season, originally playing for the Mississippi State<\/a> Bulldogs.<\/p>\n

Okot transferred to South Carolina to play for Dawn Staley and her Gamecocks for the 2025-26 women’s college basketball season. The 6-foot-6 center thrived in Columbia, averaging a double-double with 12.1 points per game and 10.1 rebounds per game. She received All-SEC honors her senior season.<\/p>\n

The Dream posted on social media to promote the new teammates. The post on X is a video clip of Okot’s press conference. In the snippet, Okot speaks on her excitement to team up with Reese, her willingness to learn, and how it is all a blessing.<\/p>\n

“Y’all ready to see that first Angel x Madina meet up \ud83d\udc40” the Atlanta Dream wrote on X.<\/p>\n

“Just the fact that I already know that I’m going to be beside Angel Reese,” Okot says. “I feel like that is a very big blessing to me, and I am just so excited to learn so much from her. She plays the same position as me, and so I’m just sure that she’s going to teach me a lot.”<\/p>\n

Atlanta will open its season with a home opener against A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces<\/a> on May 17.<\/p>\n

Related: Erin Andrews Left in Tears After Revealing Unfortunate Personal News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Related: Angel Reese Reacts After Former Chicago Sky Teammate Returns to WNBA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Apr 15, 2026, where it first appeared in the WNBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Angel Reese is a new addition to the Atlanta Dream roster for the upcoming 2026 WNBA season. Reese…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":731505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[49],"tags":[229168,1496,1503,1497,24113,4144,301182,62,2475,67,132,68,232],"class_list":["post-731504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-a39ja-wilson","tag-angel-reese","tag-atlanta-dream","tag-chicago-sky","tag-dawn-staley","tag-las-vegas-aces","tag-madina-okot","tag-sports","tag-tina-charles","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-wnba"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116412957952899850","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731504","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=731504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}