Angel Reese reacted to Chicago Sky coach Teresa Weatherspoon’s firing in an emotional post on X (formerly Twitter). Weatherspoon was let go after the Sky failed to make it to the 2024 playoffs.
Chicago Sky fans blamed Reese’s selfish play for her coach’s ouster.
Weatherspoon, 58, was criticized during the season for allowing Reese to camp out in the paint while refusing to pass the ball to her teammates.
Weatherspoon was hired to coach the Sky in October 2023. She led the Sky to a 13-27 record.
Reese, 22, confirmed Weatherspoon’s termination on her X (formerly Twitter) account on Thursday. As usual, she made Weatherspoon’s job termination all about herself.
“I came to Chicago because of YOU,” Reese wrote. But in reality, Reese was drafted No. 7 by the Sky. She didn’t have a choice where she went.
I’m heartbroken. I’m literally lost for words knowing what this woman meant to me in such a pivotal point in my life. She was the only person that believed in me. The one that trusted me. Many don’t even know what it’s like to be a black women in sports when nobody believes in…
— Angel Reese (@Reese10Angel) September 27, 2024
didn’t you come to chicago bc you were drafted by them?
— Pan?? (@ChiSoxFanPan) September 27, 2024
In follow-up posts, Reese complained about the treatment she received from the media and Caitlin Clark’s fans.
“For the past 2 years, the media has benefited from my pain & me being villainized [sic] to create a narrative. They allowed this,” Reese wrote. “This was beneficial to them. I sometimes share my experiences of things that have happened to me but I’ve also allowed this to happen to me for way too long…””
For the past 2 years, the media has benefited from my pain & me being villainized to create a narrative. They allowed this. This was beneficial to them. I sometimes share my experiences of things that have happened to me but I’ve also allowed this to happen to me for way too long…
— Angel Reese (@Reese10Angel) September 27, 2024
Then Reese whined some more about Rookie of the Year Caitlin Clark’s rabid fanbase.
“Y’all know i’ve been going through this for the last 2 years but was told ‘save the tears’ & ‘stop playing victim’. Y’all a little late to the party and could have tried to put out this fire way before it started…”
Reese’s X.com followers dragged her by her baby hairs.
She’s the only coach in the world that would put you in when team is down 30 in garbage time so you could score 4 more meaningless points in a blowout.
Probably why she’s out of a job.
— John Michaels (@Pecker2002) September 27, 2024
Your teammates were in tears at their last press conference over YOUR fans.
Selective outrage at its finest.
— IUWonka ? (@HoosierFever) September 27, 2024
“I know I’ve been podcasting for over a month and have not been playing, but how do I make this issue about meeee?”
— John Zoidberg (@DoktorZoidberg1) September 27, 2024
Remember that time when you got off the bench and cheered when your teammate took a cheap shot and knocked CC to the floor during an inbound? STFU.
— Jim Burns (@JimBurns525) September 27, 2024
