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Jul 7, 2025, 12:01 PM ET
Chicago Sky guardant Angel Reese became the WNBA's latest high-profile fig to telephone retired the league's officials, saying "it has to beryllium fixed" and "I americium bushed of this s---."
Reese's comments came aft Sunday's 80-75 loss to the Minnesota Lynx successful which the Sky attempted lone 8 escaped throws, arsenic opposed to 17 by the Lynx.
"It's pugnacious erstwhile you speech to officials, and I asked them, 'Hey, we've lone been to the escaped propulsion enactment doubly up until the 4th quarter,' and she tells maine it's not her job," Reese told reporters aft Sunday's game. "So it's frustrating due to the fact that I cognize however hard we are battling inside, and I deliberation that we came down and fought arsenic hard arsenic we could with what we had, and I conscionable cognize we proceed to turn successful this.
"I deliberation this is simply a leaping measurement for us, and evidently we cognize we tin vie with the best, but [the officiating] has to beryllium fixed. And I don't springiness a damn if I get fined due to the fact that that s--- is cheap, and I'm bushed of this s---. 'Cause I've been bully and I've been humble with it but I americium bushed of this s---."
She past continued her disapproval connected X aboriginal Sunday night, utilizing an acronym for an expletive earlier saying "DO BETTER. @WNBA."
Just past month, Indiana Fever manager Stephanie White and Los Angeles Sparks defender Kelsey Plum blasted the league's referees successful abstracted instances.
On June 9, Plum showed her displeasure aft a deficiency of calls successful an overtime loss to the Golden State Valkyries.
"I thrust much than anyone successful the league, truthful to sprout six escaped throws is f---ing absurd," Plum said. "I got scratches connected my face, I got scratches connected my body, and these guards connected the different squad get these ticky-tack fouls, and I'm sick of it. ... I don't cognize what I request to do. I've talked to the refs nice, I commune earlier the game, like, f---, I'm implicit it."
On June 17, White blamed the officials for losing power of a Commissioner's Cup game against the Connecticut Sun that led to a brace of scuffles, including 1 successful the last infinitesimal that resulted successful 3 players getting ejected.
"When the officials don't get power of the shot game, erstwhile they let that worldly to hap -- and it's been happening each play long, it's not conscionable this crippled -- this is what happens, right?" White said. "... You could archer this was going to happen. So, [the officials] got to get power of it, they got to beryllium better."
