{"id":2266708,"date":"2024-06-13T08:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T12:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/angel-reese-and-team-in-shambles-as-they-lose-4-of-last-5-its-not-like-this-fun\/"},"modified":"2024-06-13T09:00:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T13:00:55","slug":"angel-reese-and-team-in-shambles-as-they-lose-4-of-last-5-its-not-like-this-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/angel-reese-and-team-in-shambles-as-they-lose-4-of-last-5-its-not-like-this-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Reese and Team Struggle, Losing 4 of Last 5: &#8216;It&#8217;s Not Fun Anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fangel-reese-and-team-in-shambles-as-they-lose-4-of-last-5-its-not-like-this-fun%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2266708&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Chicago Sky of the WNBA has been attracting significant\u200c attention,\u2063 notably for their aggressive, controversial \u200bstyle of play. Recent incidents, such as Angel Reese&#8217;s visible endorsement of a hard foul by teammate Chennedy Carter on Iowa hoops legend Caitlin Clark, have provoked debates around issues of race, sexuality, and sportsmanship, contributing \u2064to the team\u2019s burgeoning &#8220;bad girl&#8221;\u2064 reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Despite having\u200d promising players like LSU\u2019s \u2063Angel\u2062 Reese and South Carolina\u2019s Kamilla \u200bCardoso from\u200d the draft, their performance hasn&#8217;t been stellar, as evidenced by their loss record including a recent 83-75 defeat to the Connecticut Sun.\u200c Reese&#8217;s confrontational stance, \u2063embracing\u200c the &#8220;bad guy&#8221;\u2062 role hoping to\u2062 make historical impact, hasn&#8217;t\u2062 translated to victories but has indeed made her a \u2064focal point of media attention and \u200bscrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>The coaching staff, specifically \u200dCoach Teresa\u2062 Weatherspoon, expressed dissatisfaction with the team&#8217;s defensive\u200c and offensive execution, emphasizing the unenjoyable nature of their recent losing streak\u200d which hints at\u200d a team struggling to find its footing \u200bthis season. The article\u200b concludes\u200d by suggesting that for the\u200b Sky to truly succeed, they might need a shift\u200c towards more teamwork-focused strategies rather \u200bthan\u200d individual bravado, mirroring \u2064the Detroit Pistons&#8217;\u200d transition during their &#8220;Bad Boys&#8221; era.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>    <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/%20\"><span>C. Douglas Golden<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 13, 2024 at 5:37am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Judging by recent events and statements by the team\u2019s players, the Chicago Sky seem to be aiming to be the \u201cbad girls\u201d of the WNBA. They might have to settle for just \u201cbad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you hadn\u2019t heard of the Chicago Sky before a week ago, you weren\u2019t alone. In fact, before this season, even the most ardent sports fan probably couldn\u2019t name more than three of the 16 WNBA franchises. They also probably couldn\u2019t even grasp that I\u2019d laid a trick question on them: There are only 12 WNBA franchises.<\/p>\n<p>The two that most sports fans are familiar with at the moment are the Sky and the Indiana Fever, who made Iowa hoops legend Caitlin Clark the No. 1 selection in this year\u2019s WNBA draft.<\/p>\n<p>The Sky didn\u2019t do badly in the draft, either, picking up two of Clark\u2019s top rivals in the college ranks: LSU\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-angel-reese-chennedy-carter-fire-fans-fact-check-alleged-harassment-joke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Angel Reese<\/a> and South Carolina\u2019s Kamilla Cardoso.<\/p>\n<p>Cardoso hasn\u2019t played much, but Reese certainly has \u2014 and, like any rookie, she\u2019s had ups and downs.<\/p>\n<p>The nadir of her season arguably came while she was on the bench, when she went viral for cheering on a needless hard foul on Clark by the Sky\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/even-sports-media-doesnt-know-wnba-calls-chennedy-carter-rookie-despite-playing-4-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chennedy Carter<\/a> \u2014 a troubled player who\u2019s managed to get herself booted from two other WNBA franchises in one way or another already.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">VIDEO: Watch as Angel Reese celebrate on the sideline, while teammate Chennedy Carter delivers a cheap shot to star player Caitlin Clark. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/caitlinclark?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#caitlinclark<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/angelreese?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#angelreese<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WNBA?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WNBA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GpWs4ZEXwu\">pic.twitter.com\/GpWs4ZEXwu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Prince Carlton \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@_PrinceCarlton_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_PrinceCarlton_\/status\/1797047031657111817?\">June 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The whole kerfuffle sparked a media debate on race, sexuality and \u201cpretty privilege\u201d that we didn\u2019t need to have.<\/p>\n<p>More than any other player, however, Reese seemed to embrace it, telling reporters she was good with taking \u201cthe \u2018bad guy\u2019 role\u201d and would \u201cgo down in history\u201d for it.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Angel Reese believes the physical play that Caitlin Clark has experienced isn\u2019t new to the WNBA<\/p>\n<p>Just more \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason why we\u2019re watching women\u2019s basketball is not just because of 1 person. It\u2019s because of me, too. I want y\u2019all to realize that\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3fNUxipTTD\">https:\/\/t.co\/3fNUxipTTD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1YbGG4mWuL\">pic.twitter.com\/1YbGG4mWuL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GNSportsTV (@GNSportsTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GNSportsTV\/status\/1797738966076273020?\">June 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll take that role. I\u2019ll take the \u2018bad guy\u2019 role, and I\u2019ll continue to take that on and be that for my teammates,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-angel-reese-throws-jab-caitlin-clark-cheap-shot-backlash-go-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told reporters<\/a> last week. \u201cAnd I know I\u2019ll go down in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll look back in 20 years and be like, \u2018the reason why we watching women\u2019s basketball is not just because of one person, it\u2019s because of me, too,\u2019 and I want y\u2019all to realize that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, well, being the \u201cbad guy\u201d only works if you win \u2014 and, in the wake of being at the epicenter of a national debate on race and sexuality in athletics, that\u2019s not exactly happening for the Sky.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday night, Chicago lost its fourth game out of five at home, falling to the Connecticut Sun <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/game\/_\/gameId\/401620287\/sun-sky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">83-75<\/a>. While Reese had a solid performance with a double-double \u2014 her fourth straight \u2014 the 11-1 Sun were simply too much for the Sky.<\/p>\n<p>And, while Connecticut has been the most dominant team in the league so far this year, the Sky\u2019s recent skid \u2014 four losses in five games \u2014 isn\u2019t explicable purely on a matchup level.<\/p>\n<p>It started with the infamous Carter\/Clark foul game on June 1, where the Sky lost 71-70 to the Fever, now 3-10. While the Fever have two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aaron-jones-jordan-love-lead-packers-to-rout-of-the-cowboys\/\" title=\"Jones and Love dominate as Packers crush Cowboys\">promising young players<\/a> in Clark and Aliyah Boston, the rest of the lineup is thin and the team needs to build around them. Perhaps most notably, the margin of victory was Clark\u2019s free throw after Carter\u2019s pointless viral foul.<\/p>\n<p>On June 4, the Sky lost to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-ref-enough-angel-reese-kicks-game-shocking-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Liberty<\/a>, 88-75. Reese got tossed from the game after a double-technical \u2014 one T for saying \u201cthat\u2019s bulls***\u201d to a ref in response to a foul, the other for dismissing him with a hand motion:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Angel Reese was ejected from tonight\u2019s game following this exchange with the referee. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rOMo1Wdwja\">pic.twitter.com\/rOMo1Wdwja<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marquee Sky (@SkyMarquee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyMarquee\/status\/1798175747183423762?\">June 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just spoke with lead official Maj Forsberg about the Angel Reese ejection.<\/p>\n<p>Reese received the first technical foul for \u201cdisrespectfully addressing\u201d the official. The second technical was for waving off the official.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Julia Poe (@byjuliapoe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/byjuliapoe\/status\/1798189708255912030?\">June 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Considering that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/caitlin-clark-may-face-suspension-entering-dangerous-territory-wnba-feel-like-getting-hammered\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accumulating enough technicals<\/a> will force you to sit out games, as per league rules, getting T\u2019ed up twice in the closing minutes of a game the Sky weren\u2019t going to win wasn\u2019t exactly a smart move on Reese\u2019s part.<\/p>\n<p>On June 6, the Sky finally scored a victory, beating the Washington Mystics 79-71. This still managed to be unimpressive, considering the Mystics are 1-12 and are playing only slightly better than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/basketball\/66525597\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Generals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/even-sports-media-doesnt-know-wnba-calls-chennedy-carter-rookie-despite-playing-4-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlanta Dream<\/a> beat the Sky 89-80 on Saturday, and then there was the Sun game on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Five games, four losses. The skid has taken Chicago from an even 3-3 to 4-7. While the season is still young, this has the Sky hanging on to the final playoff spot; considering the WNBA postseason is only slightly harder to get into than community college, this isn\u2019t a good sign.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Teresa Weatherspoon was decidedly unhappy after Wednesday\u2019s performance and tore into her team with what <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/sky-news-chicago-desperate-for-improvement-despite-angel-reese-breakout-sun-loss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clutch Points\u2019<\/a> Christopher Smith called \u201ca brutally honest take.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur defense must be a little more active. Can\u2019t allow them to get to where they want to get to,\u201d Weatherspoon said. \u201cOffensively, we must be able to read better. Seeing what\u2019s happening to us, and then running the right plays for the right people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not like this fun. Nothing fun about losing,\u201d she added. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter the lesson you learn. There\u2019s still nothing fun about losing. So we have to correct some things and correct them quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Again, it may be early, but that sounds a lot like desperation mode coming from the head coach.<\/p>\n<p>Now, to be fair, both Reese and Carter have put up respectable numbers. Cardoso has spent most of the young season on the bench with a shoulder injury suffered during a preseason game and has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/4433405\/kamilla-cardoso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spotty<\/a> since returning, but she put up a solid 10 points on Wednesday. And the team still lost because numbers don\u2019t equal wins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean it\u2019s basketball. You\u2019re never gonna play great for 40 minutes. There\u2019s highs and lows, but you just gotta stick with it and play hard together,\u201d Cardoso said.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, culturally important fouls aren\u2019t worth wins, either. Yet, from the sound of things, Reese wants the Sky to be the distaff version of the late-\u201980s Detroit Pistons \u201cBad Boys\u201d teams.<\/p>\n<p>And while the highlight reels you see on ESPN from those teams showcase rough play by Isiah Thomas, Bill Laimbeer, Joe Dumars and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dennis-rodman-issues-8-word-response-destructive-rioters-savaging-american-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dennis Rodman<\/a>, what people forget is that those Pistons teams weren\u2019t a showcase for a bunch of guys who wanted to \u201cgo down in history\u201d as villains.<\/p>\n<p>Quite the opposite, in fact: Bad boys though they may have been, those Pistons teams were concerned with wins and championships, not individual stats or personal glory. In fact, hoops geeks like myself will remember how the Pistons <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-angel-reese-chennedy-carter-fire-fans-fact-check-alleged-harassment-joke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shipped scoring machine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/dantlad01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adrian Dantley<\/a> to the Dallas Mavericks for the (on paper, anyway) inferior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/a\/aguirma01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Aguirre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And yet that move helped cement the Pistons dynasty \u2014 because, unlike Dantley, Aguirre was a better team player who not only filled a key role in the low post but meshed better with the team\u2019s chemistry.<\/p>\n<p>Granted, you\u2019ve probably forgotten about Mark Aguirre if you even knew who he was in the first place \u2014 but he\u2019s a large part of the reason those Pistons \u201cwent down in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Angel Reese and Co. want to evolve into the \u201cbad girl\u201d dynasty of women\u2019s pro basketball \u2014 and any sports league always needs a good villain \u2014 they need to be more Mark Aguirre and less Adrian Dantley.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s still time for that.<\/p>\n<p>However, if they keep going the way they\u2019re going, a cringeworthy 4-7 record may just be the beginning of a very humbling season for a team that was expected to be a budding contender in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wnba-player-throws-caitlin-clark-tantrum-backlash-dirty-foul-bring-table\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">newly relevant WNBA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. If we lose this one to the wealthy elites who hate us, hate God, and hate what America stands for, we can only assume that 248 years of American history and the values we hold dear to our hearts may soon vanish.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The end game is here, and as Benjamin Franklin said, \u201cWe must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>All of this means that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, it\u2019s over. 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Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014. Aside from politics, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-leaves-for-delaware-as-russians-prepare-to-take-kyiv\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Leaves for Delaware as Russians Prepare to Take Kyiv\">enjoys spending time<\/a> with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One and football (of both American and world varieties). <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Morristown, New Jersey <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  Catholic University of America <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English, Spanish <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  American Politics, World Politics, Culture <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary by C. Douglas Golden, June 13, 2024. Recent events and player statements suggest the Chicago Sky are positioning themselves as the WNBA&#8217;s &#8220;bad girls.&#8221; However, their performance might only qualify them as simply &#8220;bad.&#8221; If the Chicago Sky were unfamiliar to you until recently, their current reputation might be the reason<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":663,"featured_media":2266709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Angel-Reese-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2266708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Angel-Reese-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2266708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2266709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2266708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2266708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2266708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}