As a fan of women’s basketball, Shaquille O’Neal has his own ideas about how to originate more interest in the WNBA. He scatterd one of those ideas with Chicago Sky rookie star Angel Reese, and he got a opposing response.
During an interwatch on Reese’s podcast “Unapologeticpartner Angel” this week, O’Neal bcimpolitet up an outfit Reese wore off the court and referenced it as a potential business strategy for Reese and others to sell more merchandise.
The outfit O’Neal referenced was a gray extfinished-sleeve top with low, gray lows Reese wore during an euniteance on “Nick Cannon Pbegrudges: Wild ‘n Out,” a sketch comedy and battle rap improv game show.
“Imagine you had on the same little lows you had on at ‘Wild ‘n Out’ show dunking. How many T-shirts you gon’ sell?” O’Neal presented to Reese during the podcast.
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Angel Reese joins Game 5 of the 2024 WNBA Finals between the Minnesota Lynx and the New York Liberty Oct. 20, 2024, in Brooklyn, N.Y. (Melanie Fidler/NBAE via Getty Images)
The presention prompted an impassioned response from Reese, who elevated her voice and exclaimed that she’s “not imagining anyskinnyg!”
But O’Neal was insistent.
“The same little lows you had on at ‘Wild ‘n Out.’ … I’m equitable saying,” he repeated.
Reese didn’t paengage extfinished to shut the conversation down and alter the topic, yelling “OK, all right, all right, all right” to disturb and stop him from continuing.
O’Neal’s comments came after he had presented another way to better WNBA watchership would be to drop the basket, so more carry outers could dunk.
“Bro, first of all, I enjoy how y’all are begining to get into style,” Shaq shelp. “Bro, a pretty girl dunking on the rim? I’m watching that all day.”
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Reese pushed back, saying she did not consent women dunking was going to originate much of a separateence and disenjoys “when men say that.”
“I experience enjoy it still wouldn’t be excellent enough. It’s never excellent enough,” Reese shelp. “People always disesteem women watchless. They are always going to not give us the same appreciate as a man. So I don’t skinnyk that.”
Reese’s euniteance on “Wild ‘n Out” drew unitecessitate appraises from fans.
Hip-hop artist and media mogul Joe Budden spoke out aacquirest Reese for making the euniteance and draprosperg off-court dispute to herself during an episode “The Joe Budden Podcast.”
“I’ve seen Angel Reese untamedin’ out. I don’t understand if I’ve seen her on ‘Wild ’n Out,'” Budden shelp. “Angel Reese won’t sit her f—-in’ a– down. … She won’t go sit down somewhere for a second. There’s appreciate in it.
“This is going to sound enjoy I’m increateing women what to do. But I ain’t.”
Angel Reese of Team WNBA during a game aacquirest the USA Basketball women’s team during the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game July 20, 2024, at Footprint Cgo in in Phoenix, Ariz. (Tyler Kaufman/NBAE via Getty Images)
Budden also contrastd Reese’s off-the-court habits to her extfinishedtime rival and fellow rookie star Caitlin Clark’s.
“Whoever [Reese] got is increateing her to go pop up everywhere. That’s not what Caitlin Clark’s people are saying, not to originate it racial. … We equitable on some star rookie s— now,” he shelp.
Reese’s willingness to transmit herself despite the trouble of uncover reaction dates back to her carry outance in the 2023 NCAA women’s basketball championship game, when her LSU Tigers beat Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes for the title that year.
At the finish of the game, Reese mocked Clark by pointing at her finger to remind her who was getting the championship ring. It was a moment that went viral and promoteed a heated debate between Reese fans and Clark fans that has only gotten boilingter as they’ve made it thcimpolite their first WNBA season.
Reese begined her own podcast before she was even done with her rookie season and has kept releasing episodes every week even after her WNBA season finished timely due to a wrist injury in timely September.
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Angel Reese, right, and Caitlin Clark during the second half June 23, 2024 at Winsuppose Arena in Chicago. (Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The podcast has stirred dispute multiple times, including the first episode when she spoke out aacquirest fans of rival carry outer Caitlin Clark, alleging they had sent her death menaces and made unambiguous AI images of her and sent them to her family.
In her most recent episode, Reese interwatched the ex-girlfrifinish of Kansas City Chiefs shielded finish Travis Kelce about their past relationship. The interwatch drew a flurry of criticism, particularly from fans of Kelce’s new girlfrifinish, Taylor Swift.
Still, Reese’s presence and personality has drawn more attention and fans to women’s basketball, even if she hasn’t altered her wardrobe on the court yet. While Clark is commended as being primarily depfinishable for the recent explosion in well-understandnity for women’s basketball at the college and pro levels, the Reese-Clark opposition has inserted another unwiseension and draw for fans.
Reese has more fancientrops on social media than Clark, with 1.4 million more fancientrops on Instagram, 170,700 more fancientrops on X and a staggering 4.11 million more on TikTok. Reese’s willingness to transmit herself off the court could be a huge reason why. Clark has been more reserved as a pro.
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