Both players—Reese to the Chicago Sky and Clark to the Indiana Fever—were chosen in the first round of the draft. The 2024 WNBA Rooke of the Year Award was contested by both players. Clark ultimately had a stronger case for the award because she led the Fever to the playoffs and a 20-win season, whereas Reese sustained a wrist injury that ended her season.
Nevertheless, the two rising stars’ relationship began during the 2023 women’s basketball national final between Clark’s Iowa and Reese’s LSU. The animosity began when Reese made fun of Clark, and it only intensified after Iowa defeated LSU in the tournament the previous year.
She told the site, “It’s just a full-circle moment of how women are viewed when it comes to trash-talking.” “In men’s sports, it’s acceptable. Additionally, we will normalize that in women’s sports. It is therefore extremely competitive. We’re two excellent rivals, in my opinion.
Regarding her and Clark’s WNBA inaugural season, she stated, “And I think we’re going to continue to do that. We brought a lot of fans to this league.” And hopefully, we’ll be teammates someday.
