Shaquille O'Neal tells Angel Reese that WNBA players would earn more money if rims are lowered

Shaquille O'Neal has devised a arguable program connected however to get WNBA players paid more, arsenic the NBA Hall of Famer told Angel Reese that the league's rims should beryllium lowered.

O'Neal and Reese were discussing connected her 'Unapologetically Angel' podcast however NBA players marque acold much than their pistillate counterparts, with rookie sensation Caitlin Clark making a basal wage of conscionable $76,535 this season.

And aft Reese said that the WNBA doesn't wage its players enough, O'Neal revealed to his chap LSU alum his imaginativeness for helping to level the sex wage spread successful basketball.

'I person a solution for that, nobody's gonna similar my solution,' helium began, earlier suggesting that the WNBA rims should beryllium lowered somewhat truthful that much women tin dunk.

'A lotta radical gonna comment, they gon hatred this, but... that's the lone happening missing [in the women's game],' helium continued.

Reese, who tin dunk, was highly disapproving of the idea, arsenic she shook her caput and said 'I hatred erstwhile men accidental that.' 

The Chicago Sky halfway didn't consciousness that much dunking successful the women's crippled would get WNBA players paid more, arsenic she added, 'People ever disrespect women regardless. There's ever not gonna springiness america the aforesaid worth arsenic a man.'

O'Neal besides mentioned Clark successful his explanation, arsenic helium said, 'It's astir seeing worldly you ain't expected to see... Why you deliberation radical emotion Caitlin Clark? Besides her skills?'

'She tin sprout threes from logo,' Reese said.

'We ne'er seen that before. That's my point,' O'Neal said.

Nonetheless, O'Neal claimed that WNBA enactment resembled a 'high schoolhouse game' unless definite players were progressive and added, 'Our crippled is antithetic due to the fact that we bash each the stuff. Alley-oops...' 

He besides said, 'A beauteous miss dunking connected the rim, I would ticker that each day,' which did get a chuckle retired of Reese, who is signed nether him astatine Reebok.

Reese, though, did not hold with O'Neal's idea, which helium said helium drew from the nets being somewhat little for women successful formation volleyball.

While Reese brings successful wealth from deals with Reebok, Reese's and Beats By Dre, her basal wage was likewise debased to Clark's by nonrecreational sports standards.

Reese raked successful conscionable $74,909 for her rookie play aft being selected No. 7 wide by the Sky.

She's acceptable to marque adjacent much from her information successful the newly-launched Unrivaled 3-on-3 league, which announced antecedently that each subordinate would marque a minimum six-figure salary.

The league, which kicks disconnected successful Miami successful January, precocious landed a TV woody with TNT Sports.