Angel Reese insists there is no ill will between him and Caitlin Clark.
Reese opened up about his long-standing rivalry with Clark during his talk at ComplexCon.
“I have no hard feelings towards her and she has no hard feelings towards me,” Reese said. “It’s just basketball and it can get crazy sometimes.”
The two began competing in high school, then emerged as women's basketball's biggest stars in college and are now in the WNBA.
Clark beat Reese to win the WNBA Rookie of the Year award last season, but Reese's LSU defeated Clark's Iowa in the 2023 NCAA Tournament national title game.
The Fever selected Clark with the first overall pick in last year's draft, while Reese was selected by the Sky with the seventh overall pick.
“I've been playing against Caitlin since probably the eighth or ninth grade,” Reese said. “We were both really competitive. 'We went to Maryland [before transferring to LSU]She went to Iowa and we played there, so people don't give us credit for being able to play against each other for so long. ”
Reese also commented on the treatment Fever and Clarke receive from fans.
“Sometimes it can be very rude,” Reese said. “Social media obviously pits the two women against each other, and I think that's both a negative and a positive thing.
“This shines a light on women's basketball, so even though I'm a hater, I'm going to accept that. But at the end of the day, I know that I'm the one growing basketball and helping women's basketball.” ”
