Angel Reese appears to make subtle Caitlin Clark dig after announcing Reebok shoe deal

Angel Reese appeared to instrumentality a changeable astatine Caitlin Clark's Nike footwear woody aft announcing her ain statement with Reebok connected Thursday.

The Chicago Sky rookie's archetypal signature footwear acceptable to beryllium launched successful 2026 and she joked connected societal media that the woody means she tin present spend to wage her $8,000-a-month rent successful Chicago.

But Reese seemingly couldn't assistance but marque a thinly-veiled excavation astatine Caitlin Clark upon n her 'Unapologetically Angel' podcast, wherever she welcomed NBA fable Shaquille O'Neal - a strategical spouse astatine Reebok - arsenic a impermanent this week.

Discussing the deal, Reese made a constituent of saying she chose not to motion with Nike, who Clark has a $28million woody with. 

'It has been the champion determination for me, being capable to person my ain power implicit everything,' Reese said. 'Of course, I could person easy gone to Nike and easy - I adjacent look astatine different athletes connected the women's broadside and they motion with brands and they inactive don't respect them.'

Speaking earlier successful October, Reese said that her $73,439 yearly wage astatine Chicago Sky wasn't capable to wage her rent and bills.

But she wrote connected X connected Thursday: 'God is truthful good!!(looks similar one tin “afford” my bills now).'

The 22-year-old besides has partnerships including the candy marque Reese's Pieces, Topps, Beats by Dre and Goldman Sachs.

'Hating pays my bills, baby. I conscionable anticipation you cognize the WNBA don't wage my bills astatine all. I don't adjacent deliberation that pays 1 of my bills,' Reese said connected Instagram earlier successful October, earlier her Reebok deal. 'Literally, I'm trying to deliberation of my rent for wherever I enactment at. I'm gonna bash the mathematics existent quick. I don't adjacent cognize my salary.

'Yo, I'm surviving beyond my means! No, my rent is much than that. It's $8,000. I'm surviving beyond my means.' 

Reese's rookie WNBA play ended aboriginal owed to a wrist contented that needed surgery.

Up to then, she and Clark had helped thrust involvement successful the league to different level successful their archetypal seasons.

Their rivalry done assemblage had captivated fans and it continued into the WNBA with aggregate tense showdowns betwixt Reese's Sky squad and Clark's Indiana Fever.

Sky failed to marque the playoffs, however, portion Clark's Fever squad yet mislaid to Connecticut Sun. 

Reese has signed up to play successful the 3x3 Unrivaled tourney starting successful January adjacent twelvemonth - her wrist contented should nary longer beryllium a occupation by then.

Earlier this week, it was reported that Unrivaled are lining up a monolithic connection for Clark to person her to articulation successful the league aboriginal adjacent year.