BREAKING: Star Rivalry Dreams Big WNBA Rivalry with Caitlin Clark Set to Ignite

Star Rivalry Dreams Big WNBA Rivalry with Caitlin Clark Set to Ignite

Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese embody basketball’s most exciting rival duo since Magic Johnson and Larry Bird made their mark in the NBA four decades ago. However, unlike those legendary Lakers and Celtics players, Clark and Reese still have the opportunity to team up.

“One day, hopefully, we’ll be teammates,” Reese shared with The Wall Street Journal Magazine in an article featuring her and league MVP A’Ja Wilson.

This isn’t the first time the Chicago Sky power forward has expressed her wish to play alongside the Indiana Fever’s rookie standout. Reese, a former LSU star, mentioned this desire as she was kicking off her final season in Baton Rouge in 2023—less than a year after her Tigers defeated Clark’s Iowa team in the NCAA Finals.

“My life literally just changed from that game,” Reese recalled about the 2023 national championship, which remains one of the highest-rated games in women’s basketball history.

Notably, Reese famously mimicked wrestler John Cena’s “You Can’t See Me” gesture towards Clark during that final, a move Clark had used against another player earlier in the tournament.

However, Clark’s gesture was aimed at a white player, then-Louisville guard Hailey Van Lith, and didn’t generate the same social media buzz as Reese’s.

Reese, often referred to as Bayou Barbie, faced a vastly different public reaction. While some criticized her as “classless,” others resorted to racist comments.

Throughout her rookie WNBA season, Clark remained unfazed. She anticipated some trash talk and recognized that she had done something similar to Van Lith just a week earlier.

“Everyone knew there was going to be a little trash talk,” Clark said in 2023.

Already, Clark and Reese are forever linked in the annals of women’s basketball history.