Down 19 with Angel, almost win without her. Tells you all you need to know.
Angel Reese traded
- Thread starter IowaCityLit
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Perhaps you should follow your own directives. Don’t try to make her what she is not.
We both agree that Reese is a below average offensive bb talent.
You stated: “her offensive skills are high school junior varsity level and that is a stretch”.
Don’t try to make her what she is not.
Reese has averaged double digit scoring per game while competing at the highest levels of WBB competition, including professional basketball, for each of the past five seasons.
Characterize it any way you want but your “high school junior varsity level” skills does not accurately describe Reese.
She's shooting at <42% from the field for her career. She shot 39% her first year, and is currently shooting 33% in year three, with most of those shots happening within a few feet of the rim. Calling her HS JV level might be hyperbole, but so is calling her offensive skills "below average." Her offensive skills are worse than below average, they're absolutely awful.
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She is good at what she has always been good at, I don’t see where she has improved in any of the areas she has not been good at. Atlanta got exactly what she has been throughout her career, The question is are they satisfied with that or would they like to see her game progress.
If they got what they wanted out of her, why did they bench her? Shouldn't they be happy or thrilled with her performance, or were they disappointed with her performance?
The value of the trade ultimately will be determined by how long Reese stays in Atlanta. She's under contract through next season and then becomes a restricted free agent. Two years seems to be the shelf life for her. Two years at Maryland, two years at LSU, and then two years in Chicago. And every place she left under somewhat acrimonious circumstances.
If she doesn't live up to expectations in the next two seasons, she will be "Restricted" in name only. I doubt at that point the organization would match an offer.
She’s going to give them 12 points and 13 rebounds on a regular basis and she’s going to sell a lot of jerseys.
If that’s all they really need from her and she manages to keep the locker room drama to a minimum then they got what they paid for.
It’s probably a reasonable deal at the rookie salary scale. But if Reese expects a supermax contract in 2028 then she probably won’t be around much longer.