Angel Reese is coming off the greatest rebounding season of all time, and he looked the part. Fittingly, the NBA record-breaking Reese showed up to watch the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever game on Friday night in a Dennis Rodman jersey with the number 10 on the back.
I know how you feel, Angel Reese
She rebounds and relentlessly wrestles like Dennis Rodman, and we're obsessed with her rocking his jersey. pic.twitter.com/ZMo647uIZM
— WNBA (@WNBA) August 30, 2024
Reese could become the new record holder for most rebounds in a season tonight. She's just 16 rebounds shy of Sylvia Fowles' current record of 404 rebounds in 2018. She has 388 rebounds in 30 games this season.
Reese is averaging 19 rebounds over her past four games and is well within reach of becoming the all-time rebounding leader tonight against Caitlin Clark and the Fever.
Whether that happens on Friday or not, Angel Reese is poised to set a new record, and she'll do it by a wide margin. If she continues to rebound at her current pace of 12.9 rebounds per game, she'll finish the year with 517 rebounds on the season, 113 more than Fowles' record.
Needless to say, Reese is the league's leading rebounder this season, with two-time MVP A'ja Wilson second with 11.7 rebounds per game. Reese is currently competing with Caitlin Clark for Rookie of the Year. Clark has the edge in the most counting statistics (and wins), but Reese has better defensive numbers and is a historically better rebounder. ESPN reported: Reese takes first place In the latest rankings.
The decision to wear a Dennis Rodman jersey before such a big game was only fitting. Rodman is widely regarded as one of the greatest rebounders in the history of the sport, averaging 13.1 rebounds per game over his 14-year professional career, the 11th-highest career average in NBA history.
