Chicago Sky ahead Angel Reese grew to become the WNBA’s newest high-profile determine to name out the league’s officers, saying “it must be fastened” and “I’m uninterested in this s—.”
Reese’s feedback got here after Sunday’s 80-75 loss to the Minnesota Lynx by which the Sky tried solely eight free throws, versus 17 by the Lynx.
“It is powerful while you discuss to officers, and I requested them, ‘Hey, we have solely been to the free throw line twice up till the fourth quarter,’ and he or she tells me it is not her job,” Reese informed reporters after the sport. “So it is irritating as a result of I understand how exhausting we’re battling inside, and I believe that we got here down and fought as exhausting as we may with what we had, and I simply know we proceed to develop on this.
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“I believe it is a leaping step for us, and clearly we all know we are able to compete with the most effective, however [the officiating] must be fastened. And I do not give a rattling if I get fined as a result of that s— is affordable, and I am uninterested in this s—. ‘Trigger I have been good, and I have been humble with it, however I’m uninterested in this s—.”
She then continued her criticism on X later Sunday evening, utilizing an acronym for an expletive earlier than saying “DO BETTER. @WNBA.”
Simply final month, Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White and Los Angeles Sparks guard Kelsey Plum blasted the league’s referees in separate cases.
On June 9, Plum confirmed her displeasure after a scarcity of calls in an extra time loss to the Golden State Valkyries.
“I drive greater than anybody within the league, so to shoot six free throws is f—ing absurd,” Plum mentioned. “I obtained scratches on my face, I obtained scratches on my physique, and these guards on the opposite staff get these ticky-tack fouls, and I am sick of it. … I do not know what I must do. I’ve talked to the refs good, I pray earlier than the sport, like, f—, I am over it.”
On June 17, White blamed the officers for dropping management of a Commissioner’s Cup sport towards the Connecticut Solar marked by a pair of scuffles, together with one within the remaining minute that resulted in three gamers getting ejected.
“When the officers do not get management of the ball sport, once they permit that stuff to occur — and it has been occurring all season lengthy, it is not simply this sport — that is what occurs, proper?” White mentioned. “… You can inform this was going to occur. So, [the officials] obtained to get management of it, they obtained to be higher.”