Angel Reese recalls Caitlin Clark trash talk changing her life: 'It’s just a full-circle moment'

The WNBA’s main storyline for astir of the 2024 play was the budding rivalry betwixt Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese.

Both players were selected successful the archetypal circular of the draught – Clark to the Indiana Fever and Reese to the Chicago Sky. Both players vied for the 2024 WNBA Rooke of the Year Award. Ultimately, Clark helped the Fever to the playoffs and a 20-win season, which gave her a amended lawsuit for the grant portion Reese suffered a season-ending wrist injury.

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Angel Reese, #10 of the LSU Lady Tigers, reacts toward Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes, during the 4th fourth during the 2023 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament title crippled astatine American Airlines Center connected April 2, 2023 successful Dallas. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Still, the 2 young stars transcended sports, and it started during the 2023 women’s hoops nationalist title betwixt Reese’s LSU and Clark’s Iowa. Reese’s taunt toward Clark sparked the rivalry, which lone grew further aft Iowa topped LSU successful the tourney past season.

"My beingness virtually conscionable changed from that game," Reese told WSJ Magazine successful a caller interview.

As she looked backmost connected the moment, she recognized what it did for the women’s game.

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LSU's Angel Reese, #10, reacts successful beforehand of Iowa's Caitlin Clark, #22, during the 2nd fractional of the NCAA Women's Final Four title hoops crippled connected Sunday, April 2, 2023 successful Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

"It’s conscionable a full-circle infinitesimal of however women are viewed erstwhile it comes to trash-talking," she told the outlet. "It’s OK successful men’s sports. We’re going to normalize that successful women’s sports arsenic well. So it’s conscionable super-competitive. I deliberation we’re 2 large competitors.

"We brought a batch of fans to this league," she said of her and Clark’s WNBA rookie play "And I deliberation we’re going to proceed to bash that. And 1 day, hopefully, we’ll beryllium teammates."

For now, the 2 volition instrumentality the offseason to regroup.

Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, and Angel Reese, #5 of the Chicago Sky, look connected during the crippled connected June 1, 2024 astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis. (Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images)

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Reese is acceptable to play successful the 3-on-3 Unrivaled hoops league portion Clark has her sights acceptable connected a golf pro-am adjacent month.

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