The WNBA season is now back underway after the league’s month-long break due to the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Reese has averaged 12.7 points, 16.4 rebounds and 1.9 assists since the WNBA resumed in mid-August, but her field goal percentage remained low at 33.9%. Despite her efforts, the Sky have only won one game, against the bottom-ranked LA Sparks.
Angel Reese and the 10-14 Chicago Sky are hosting the 13-12 Phoenix Mercury on Thursday. And Sky first-year head coach Teresa Weatherspoon spoke with the media before the game began.
At one point in her pregame interview, Weatherspoon was asked about whether she has had conversations with Reese about eventually playing for the US women’s national basketball team, and if she has given any advice about how to secure a spot on Team USA’s future rosters.
“Well there hasn’t been major conversation as of right now,” Weatherspoon said, per Chicago State of Mind Sports. “I know that that’s something [Reese] desires… so it will be a conversation about what it takes.”
Weatherspoon knows firsthand what playing for Team USA demands. She won a gold medal with Team USA at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, and was on the American squad that secured bronze at the Barcelona 1992 Olympics.
