Angel Reese disagrees with Shaquille O'Neal and makes feelings clear on WNBA salaries

WNBA prima Angel Reese and NBA fable Shaquille O'Neal had a quality of sentiment implicit the salaries of pistillate hoops players during a caller podcast

Angel Reese refused to judge Shaquille O'Neal's ideas connected however WNBA players could summation their earnings.

O'Neal, 52, is simply a immense instrumentality of the women's equivalent of the NBA and is regularly seen courtside astatine matches oregon promoting the crippled successful interviews and features. While the athletics has decidedly grown implicit the years, the immense fiscal disparity inactive sees WNBA players gain an mean wage of $119,540, portion NBA stars gain an mean $9.7million.

Reese, 22, has go 1 of the astir breathtaking young stars successful hoops and US sports. She has amassed a immense platform, which she uses to run for much funds successful the women's division.

While the Chicago Sky prima regularly tells her instrumentality basal to recognise the prime of women's basketball, O'Neal thinks determination are things women's hoops tin bash to bring much eyes to their athletics themselves.

While speaking connected Reese's podcast, 'Unapologetically Angel,' O'Neal floated the thought of lowering the baskets. After Reese disagreed, helium said: "I'm telling you now, if you little it conscionable similar this (a tiny bit), close there, I'm not saying spell (a batch smaller) - you cognize what you request to bash 1 day."

An unconvinced Reese said: "I consciousness similar it inactive wouldn't beryllium bully enough, it's ne'er bully enough. People ever disrespect women regardless, they're ever going to not springiness america the aforesaid worth arsenic a man."

O'Neal interjected: "That's wherefore you've got to bash what you've been doing. I'm telling you know, if you little that happening to 9.9999 ft..." Reese, with a interaction of sarcasm, brusquely replied: "And what's going to happen? The wealth going to spell done the roof," To which the New Jersey autochthonal replied: "Yes, the aforesaid amount."

He further explained his position erstwhile helium said: "Unless it's definite radical playing, it's conscionable similar watching a precocious schoolhouse game. Our crippled is antithetic due to the fact that we bash each the stuff. We're throwing disconnected the solid and fast-breaking.

"I'm telling you, my champion person and erstwhile cause Leonard Armato, helium utilized to tally the AVP (Association of Volleyball Professionals). In volleyball and formation volleyball, the women were much fashionable than the men.

"I'm telling you, if you were dunking with the Shaq emblem, with your knees up, you're tripping. Britney Griner conscionable busting done the lane."

When questioned astir his tendency to spot much women dunk successful games, helium said: "Yes. A batch of radical are going to remark that they are going to hatred this.

"But I cognize precisely what I'm about, that's the lone happening missing. You each person got everything we've got and you each bash everything we do." In the storied timeline of the WNBA, the exclusive nine of in-game dunkers includes lone Brittney Griner and Jonquel Jones.