There has been an exorbitant amount of attention on the Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark and the Los Angeles Sparks’ Cameron Brink as the stars of this rookie class, and while those players have been impressive, the Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese has a case as the best this 2024 class has to offer.
She entered the league out of LSU with a national title in hand, beating Iowa and the beloved Clark on the biggest college basketball stage in 2023. Never one to be timid, she let the world know in her now infamous celebration, telling her competition they couldn’t see her and demonstrating that a ring would soon be on her hand.
The Bayou Barbie was one of the reasons the 2024 WNBA Draft was considered to be one of the best ever, but she wasn’t the top pick like Clark or the second pick like Brink. She wasn’t even the first pick on her team, as Chicago drafted Kamilla Cardoso with the No. 3 overall pick.
Reese was drafted at seventh, which is nothing to sneeze at but peculiar given her accolades in college. The reason for the lower draft selection? It seems teams believed she would have issues scoring at the next level. Well, it’s early, but five games in, she’s making even the Sky look foolish for not drafting her sooner.
The Chi Barbie might be the best thing…
