Angel Reese responds to Chicago Sky drafting former teammate Hailey Van Lith

Per Charlie Creme of ESPN, Van Lith will help Chicago with the pick and roll.

“That extra year in college was a brilliant move for Van Lith, as it is unlikely she would have been taken this high after her 2023-24 season with LSU,” Creme wrote. “But she reestablished herself as a star with TCU and during the summer playing 3-on-3 basketball at the Olympics.

“Excelling in the pick and roll — which she could now run with Reese and Cardoso — Van Lith learned to finish better in Fort Worth and is more of a playmaker than she ever was during the previous four years of her college career. She will also have Courtney Vandersloot from whom to learn.”

Angel Reese has a message for Hailey Van Lith

Following news that she was reuniting with Van Lith, Reese sent her former teammate a message.

Reese was referencing LSU's failure to win back-to-back national championships in 2024. Caitlin Clark and Iowa bounced them in the Elite Eight.

Van Lith transferred after LSU’s championship in 2023.