Angel Reese says she wanted to win more after Chicago traded her to Atlanta
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WNBA star Angel Reese opened up about her recent departure from the Chicago Sky in her first press conference with the Atlanta Dream on Friday after being traded from Chicago to Atlanta earlier this month.
“I will always be grateful for that because I experienced so many great things,” Reese said Friday while in Chicago. “I loved being able to grow in my first two years, but I wanted more. I love winning, I love competing, and I wanted to surround myself with people who could make me better.
“I’m not happy with where I am as a player and I felt like being around players like that would help me get better. I can help them in different ways to help them win and that’s all I wanted.”
“I don’t care about anything that comes with it. I want to win and come to an organization that really cares about its players.”
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Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese reacts to the Phoenix Mercury during halftime at Phx Arena on August 28, 2025. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)
The Dream acquired Reese from Sky on April 6 in exchange for first-round draft picks in 2027 and 2028. Atlanta also received the right to swap a second-round draft pick with Chicago in 2028.
One of the WNBA’s most well-known stars, Reese led the league in rebounds in each of her two seasons with the Sky.
Reese is known in mainstream pop culture as one of the WNBA’s most polarizing players due to her ongoing rivalry with women’s basketball phenom Caitlin Clark.
There has been suspected tension between Clark and Reese since their meeting. 2023 NCAA women’s basketball championship game.
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Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese points to the crowd after scoring a goal in the second half against the Los Angeles Sparks on June 29, 2025 in Los Angeles. (Jessie Alcheh/AP)
Reese taunted Clark by pointing his ring finger during the game, which sparked outrage and sparked an ongoing brawl among fans.
Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes took revenge on Reese’s LSU Tigers in the Elite Eight a year later, but the tension reached a whole new level when the players reached the pros during their rookie WNBA seasons.
In her first WNBA season, Clark received a number of questionable fouls from Reese’s Sky throughout the 2024 season, including a foul from Reese on June 16.
In 2025, the two got into a heated argument after Reese pushed Fever forward Natasha Howard from behind after grabbing an offensive rebound from teammate Rebecca Allen’s miss. Reese brought the ball down and Clark fouled him before he could shoot. Reese fell place.
Reese got up from the floor and came down on Clark’s face.
The referees reviewed the play and determined that Clark used his left hand to push Reese to the ground. They upgraded the personal foul against Clark to a flagrant foul. And the Fever’s Reese and Aliyah Boston were given technical fouls.
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Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese (5) reacts to a flagrant foul by Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on May 17, 2025. (IMAGN Syndication/Indianapolis Star)
While the two were playing as teammates in the FIBA World Cup qualifying qualifiers in March, Clark ignored Reese’s high-five gesture during the game.
Now with Clark’s Indiana Fever challenging for the title in 2026, Reese’s Dream could prove to be a legitimate contender.
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