ESPN analyst wants anonymous voter who chose Angel Reese for Rookie of the Year to go public: 'Stand on it'

Caitlin Clark was named the WNBA's Rookie of the Year earlier this week, which amazed nobody. Well, but possibly 1 person.

Despite a historical play successful which she broke numerous league records, Clark was not a unanimous enactment for the award.

Sixty-seven full votes were cast, and 66 went to Clark. The other? Angel Reese.

Members of the "WNBA Countdown" sheet connected ESPN were stunned Clark's enactment wasn't unanimous.

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

"Hats disconnected to Caitlin. Should person been unanimous, but I’m conscionable gonna halt there," Andraya Carter said.

She, successful fact, did not halt there. Instead, Carter blasted the elector who checked disconnected Reese's sanction and said that elector should beryllium revealed. WNBA voters are anonymous.

"And this is wherefore we would emotion for the WNBA to marque voting not anonymous," Carter said. "Because if you were the idiosyncratic that had that 1 vote, you should conscionable beryllium capable to basal connected it. And we should cognize who you are.

"In the NBA, voting is not anonymous. So, I would emotion for the WNBA to marque the voting truthful we spot who enactment the votes where."

Angel Reese, center, and Caitlin Clark, right, of Team WNBA during the 2024 WNBA All Star Game July 20, 2024, astatine Footprint Center successful Phoenix, Ariz. (Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images)

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There was surely an statement earlier successful the play aft Reese shattered a WNBA record herself with 15 consecutive double-doubles.

However, Clark separated herself aft the Olympic break, and Reese's play ended aboriginal owed to an injury.

Clark widened her pb successful astir each statistical class successful the weeks earlier and aft Reese's play ended. On apical of that, she led the Fever to the playoffs for the archetypal clip successful 8 years arsenic the team's starring scorer. 

Reese, contempt mounting the WNBA grounds for astir rebounds successful a play (her grounds was aboriginal breached by MVP A'ja Wilson owed to Reese's injury), was the third-leading scorer connected a Chicago squad that finished the play with a 13-27 record, 3rd worst successful the league, and missed the playoffs for the archetypal clip since 2018. 

LSU's Angel Reese, left, and Iowa's Caitlin Clark, airs for a photograph earlier the WNBA draught April 15, 2024, successful New York.  (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)

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Reese and Clark's reputations, instrumentality bases and longstanding rivalry person been tied to their respective races dating backmost to their gathering successful the 2023 NCAA nationalist title game. Reese and LSU defeated Clark and Iowa, and Reese pointed to her digit to boast successful a viral infinitesimal that drew aggravated backlash and support.

Clark's Fever went 3-1 against Reese and the Sky this season. Both were the lone rookies named All-Stars this year.

Fox News' Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.

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