Angel Reese tipped to be a WNBA star immediately thanks to this one special quality

Reese is expected to be a high pick in Monday’s draft

Lapresse

Ever since she declared for the 2024 WNBA Draft in an interview with Vogue last month, fans and analysts have intensely debated where Angel Reese will continue her basketball career upon leaving the LSU Tigers. Reese is expected to be drafted early in the first round, but questions persist over her skillset and whether she can overcome certain offensive limitations.

However, there is one particular talent Reese has that one prominent analyst believes will instantly make her a viable power forward in the WNBA — where she will be surrounded by bigger, stronger, and more experienced players from day one.

This is how they received Angel Reese and recruits in the 2024 WNBA Draft

Reese’s rebounding will translate

During a conference call with reporters this week, ESPN‘s Andraya Carter said Reese’s attitude — typified by her rebounding — will be her calling card at the start of her pro career, and her ability to haul in big boards will help her survive as she gains experience.

“Coming into the league as a rookie, rebounding translates,” Carter said. “Rebounding and relentless energy, and playing with that spark. I know so many times this season, I called Angel ‘relentless.’ Angel ‘Relentless’ Reese.”

“Relentless” is what Reese will have to be as she finds her footing in year one. And she already demonstrated her instinct for crashing the glass at the collegiate level — Reese averaged at least 10.6 rebounds per game in each of her final three NCAA seasons, including 15.4 per contest as she led LSU to a national championship in 2023.

Another silver lining for Reese is that she will have ample opportunity to listen and learn from the veteran players around her — whether she ends up in Chicago, in Dallas, or in Washington, DC, teams that all have picks in the top seven.

News

At my wedding, my grandfather handed me an old passbook. My father quickly took it and said, “That bank shut down in the ’80s—he’s just confused.”

Part 2 “Mr. Mercer?” he said again, his voice carrying the weight of bad news and good news tangled together so tightly they were impossible to separate. The second executive,…

Part 2 + 3: I kept $20M in my mom’s safe. Next morning she was gone with it—and I laughed because of what was inside

Part 2 Because the black bag they raced out of that house with only had… Twenty million dollars in perfectly printed counterfeit bills. I had swapped the real purchase packet…

Part 2 + 3: My daughter married a Korean man when she was 21. She hasn’t been home for twelve years, but every year, she sends $100,000.

Part 2 And then, someone called out in a voice I would know anywhere. “Mom…?” The single word hit me like a physical blow. My heart slammed against my ribs…

My sister switched my baby powder with flour as a joke during a family visit. Thirty seconds after I used it, my six-month-old baby stopped breathing. I rushed her to the hospital…

Part 2 “It looks like someone deliberately exposed her,” Dr. Morrison finished. The words landed like broken glass in an open wound. I stared at her, the hospital blanket twisting…

Part 2: I am 65 years old. I got divorced 5 years ago. My ex-husband left me a bank card with 3,000 dollars. I never touched it. Five years later, when I went to withdraw that money…

Part 2 The manager’s heels clicked across the polished tile like a countdown. She was in her early sixties, silver hair pulled into a neat bun, navy suit tailored sharp…

Part 2: At my wedding, my grandfather handed me an old passbook. My father quickly took it and said, “That bank shut down in the ’80s—he’s just confused.”

Mr. Mercer?” the second executive repeated, his voice low and measured, like a man delivering news that could tilt the rest of a life. His name tag read Richard Harlan,…

End of content

No more pages to load

Angel Reese tipped to be a WNBA star immediately t...