Now in a recent anonymous player survey by The Athletic, the Chicago Sky were voted the WNBA’s worst-run franchise, grabbing 40.7% of the vote. And players blasted Reese’s Sky for a variety of reasons including lacking a proper practice facility—still working out of a rec center—and constant organizational instability.

Angel Reese crash-landed into the WNBA in much the same way she goes after rebounds: unapologetically and with great force. After early critiques tried to box her in as an interior-only presence with limited touch and tunnel vision,