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Dwyane Wade Reacts To Viral Video Of Young Girls Gushing Over WNBA Sensation Angel Reese

Shandel Richardson

Jun 23, 2024; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese (5) drives to the basket against the Indiana Fever during the second half of a basketball game at Wintrust Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 23, 2024; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese (5) drives to the basket against the Indiana Fever during the second half of a basketball game at Wintrust Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports / Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports
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Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade is among the movement of NBA players who are offering much support as possible to the growing WNBA.

The league is achieving record numbers this season. A lot of the fanfare is because the arrival of Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese and Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark.

Reese displayed this impact during the Sky's recent entrance into a game. Video captured a group of young female fans gushing at the sight of Reese and her teammates earlier this week. The clip got the attention of Wade, who is part owner of the Sky.

He simply posted the words "IMPACT" on his X page to show what Reese means to the young generation of female basketball fans.

Reese is averaging 13.2 points and 11.8 rebounds this season. In June, she was named the WNBA's Rookie of the Month. She is on a streak of 11 straight games with a double-double, which is one shy of the record held by Candace Parker.

Reese was also selected to play in the WNBA All-Star July 20 in Phoenix.

"I'm just so happy. I know the work that I've put in," Reese said. "Coming into this league, so many people doubted me and didn't think my game would translate and I wouldn't be the player that I was in college — or better or would be worse and wouldn't be where I am right now.

"I trusted the process and I believed — I'm thankful that I dropped to seven and was able to come to Chicago — it's just a blessing, I can't thank my teammates and my coaches enough for just believing and me and trusting me."

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star.  TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here