Angel Reese Celebrates Teresa Weatherspoon's Return to Coaching With Unrivaled
Chicago Sky superstar Angel Reese made it very clear that she was not happy with her team's decision to fire first-year head coach Teresa Weatherspoon after the 2024 season.
Among what Reese wrote in an emotional X post about the decision was, "I came to Chicago because of YOU. You were an unsung hero in my life. We built a relationship in a short amount of time that will last forever... You were the best reason & season. You didn’t deserve this but I can’t thank you enough. I love you Tspoon."
I’m heartbroken. I’m literally lost for words knowing what this woman meant to me in such a pivotal point in my life. She was the only person that believed in me. The one that trusted me. Many don’t even know what it’s like to be a black women in sports when nobody believes in…
— Angel Reese (@Reese10Angel) September 27, 2024
While Reese appears to have moved on from that decision and is now on board with the Sky hiring former Las Vegas assistant Tyler Marsh as their new head coach, it's clear that her relationship with Weatherspoon was truly special and significant to her.
However, the women's basketball world learned on Friday that Weatherspoon's time being Reese's coach might not have ended.
The new Unrivaled 3x3 women's basketball league announced its six head coaches for its inaugural season on Friday. Among them are Phil Handy, Adam Harrington, Nola Henry, DJ Sackmann, Andrew Wade, and Weatherspoon.
The foundation is set👑 Unrivaled welcomes its inaugural HEAD COACHES🌴 pic.twitter.com/BflWga3lT2
— Unrivaled Basketball (@Unrivaledwbb) November 15, 2024
At around the same time the post was made, Reese an X post from SB Nation's Noa Dalzell regarding Weatherspoon's hiring by writing, "BOOMSHOCKLAKAAAAA🤭".
BOOMSHOCKLAKAAAAA🤭 https://t.co/TjNcx8O1Of
— Angel Reese (@Reese10Angel) November 15, 2024
To be clear, this doesn't necessarily mean that Weatherspoon will be Reese's coach. Unrivaled conveyed on Thursday that while the coaches are in charge of assigning the rosters of the six teams, they don't know until after the teams are assigned which one is theirs to coach.
You know the Club Selection process will drop on NOVEMBER 20TH but how will it work🤔 pic.twitter.com/2yVsUda3wd
— Unrivaled Basketball (@Unrivaledwbb) November 14, 2024
In other words, there's only a 1 in 6 chance that Reese and Weatherspoon will be reunited in the inaugural season. But Reese doesn't appear overly upset about that now and is just happy to see her beloved former coach getting a new head coaching gig.
Grant Young covers Women’s Basketball, the New York Yankees, and the New York Mets for Sports Illustrated’s ‘On SI’ sites. He holds an MFA degree in creative writing from the University of San Francisco (USF), where he also graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and played on USF’s Division I baseball team for five years. However, he now prefers Angel Reese to Angels in the Outfield.