The Chicago Sky have been, for the primary half of the WNBA season, among the finest tales within the league. Led by rookie sensation Angel Reese, they have been firmly within the playoff image going into the All-Star and Olympic break. Sadly, they may not keep that tempo after getting back from a month off, buying and selling veteran sharpshooter Marina Mabrey to the Connecticut Solar and going 3-13 from that time — with Reese ultimately getting shut down for the season with a wrist harm.
Even so, it felt to many just like the Sky have been at the very least displaying indicators of transferring in the appropriate route and would get one other crack at a lottery decide within the 2025 Draft to try to create some higher roster steadiness for subsequent yr. Apparently the Sky entrance workplace didn’t really feel that was ok, and on Thursday evening phrase broke from Annie Constable of the Chicago Solar Instances that they have been firing head coach Teresa Weatherspoon after going 13-27 her first yr on the job.
It was a reasonably beautiful determination, significantly given the connection Weatherspoon had with Reese. That was evident in Reese’s response to the information, as she posted a prolonged assertion to Twitter saying she was “heartbroken” and that Weatherspoon was the explanation she got here to Chicago and that she was an “unsung hero in my life.”
“I’m heartbroken. I’m actually misplaced for phrases figuring out what this lady meant to me in such a pivotal level in my life. She was the one person who believed in me. The one which trusted me. Many don’t even know what it’s wish to be a black girls in sports activities when no one believes in you. You had a troublesome job. All of the loopy circumstances that we went by this yr & when your again was towards the wall, you all the time believed. I got here to Chicago due to YOU. You have been an unsung hero in my life. We constructed a relationship in a brief period of time that can final ceaselessly. I’ll by no means query God why he brings individuals in my life and takes them away from me within the capability that I want them however i’ve all the time believed everyone seems to be in your life for a cause and a season. You have been one of the best cause & season. You didn’t deserve this however I can’t thanks sufficient. I really like you Tspoon. @Finisher_11”
It definitely isn’t the response you usually need out of your star participant after firing a coach, as often there’s at the very least some rigidity in that relationship that results in a coach’s dismissal. As a substitute, it appears the Sky made this alternative with out consulting and even contemplating Reese’s opinion on the matter, which is definitely their prerogative, however places some critical strain on whoever they carry in as a substitute.
It’s the second shocking firing within the WNBA this week, as Curt Miller acquired let go in Los Angeles after the Sparks completed the season with the league’s worst document (whereas fairly clearly nonetheless early in a rebuild).
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