Proper earlier than the beginning of the season, the Atlanta Dream pulled off one of the crucial stunning transactions in current WNBA historical past.
Buying former Chicago Sky star Angel Reese was considerably stunning, however she’s been a seamless match of their system.
Watching a younger and struggling workforce just like the Sky surrender on a possible star simply after two years was a bit stunning.
That is why, after a few months to course of all the things, Reese lastly shared her aspect of the story earlier than the sport vs. the Dallas Wings, explaining why she truly wished to play for the Dream.
Angel Reese wished to play for Karl Smesko
“Taking a look at final 12 months and the success they’d beneath one 12 months with Karl [Smesko],” Reese told the media (h/t Meghan L. Corridor). “I watched Karl when he was with FGCU, and once I was at Maryland, I performed in opposition to him. I used to be simply seeing how the participant growth was for him and the way he developed Naz [Hillmon] in a single 12 months, and the way I wished that.”
The Dream took an enormous leap final season beneath Smesko. Brionna Jones and Hillmon made huge strides as three-level scorers, and now that they’ve acquired probably the greatest rebounders the sport has ever seen, this workforce needs to be a pressure to be reckoned with.
“Simply with the ability to discover someplace that matches with me. I knew off the courtroom this was going to be the place for me. On the courtroom, I wished to do one thing to assist a workforce get to the championship as a result of I’ve received at each stage, and I need to win a WNBA championship it doesn’t matter what it seems to be like for me,” added Reese.
Reese clearly nonetheless must work on a number of facets of her recreation, particularly ending and her handles, so enjoying for a coach with a knack for participant growth can work wonders for her.
Nonetheless, even with some obvious holes in her recreation, she’s a dominant inside presence, a bodily rebounder and one of the crucial versatile defensive gamers within the recreation.
Even when she by no means develops a constant layup package deal or ending expertise, her defensive prowess will nonetheless make her a helpful asset on the courtroom.
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