Angel Reese watched a fun game at Madison Square Garden in preparation for Monday’s WNBA Draft.
LSU’s star recruit, first-round pick and soon-to-be-pro-turned-rookie sat courtside Friday night at the Garden, where the Knicks defeated the Nets 111-107.
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Reese is projected to be a mid-to-late first-round pick according to some mock drafts, but her perimeter ability has been questioned when evaluating her performance in the WNBA. .
Reese hit just 5-of-32 3-pointers in his college career, making 15.6 percent of his shots overall.
But on Friday, Reese was also spotted shooting NBA-range 3-pointers at New York’s famous Summit gym.
She also worked a pre-draft “shift” for the Raising Canes in Manhattan and told the Post she was excited about her basketball future.
“I’m going to be a rookie in the big leagues, where there were a lot of great women before me and they set the tone. I respect that…,” Rees told The Post’s Bridget Riley. “I know the games are going to be crazy. I know the ratings are going up and if we can give those veterans that visibility, even if it’s the rookies, that’s going to increase the ratings. We’ve seen it on social media that it’s going to uplift our veterans, because they deserve it.”
Reese is one of 15 players invited to Monday night’s draft at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, a list that also includes Iowa’s Caitlin Clark and South Carolina’s Camila Cardoso.
The 6-foot-3 forward was not only at the forefront of LSU’s run to the 2023 National Championship, but also its rise to the Elite Eight last season.
Reese was named SEC Player of the Year last season after averaging 18.6 points, 13.4 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game while shooting 47 percent from the field.
