Angel Reese Stresses 'Priority' of WNBA Investigating Alleged Hateful Fan Comments

Chicago Sky superstar Angel Reese spoke with the media after her team's May 20 practice and spoke on several matters relating to this investigation.

"Obviously, there's no place in this league for that," Reese said when asked about hate speech, per an X post from Josh Frydman of WGN News. "I think the WNBA, and our team, and our organization has done a great job supporting me. I've had communication from everyone, from so many people across this league... going through this whole process, it would happen to me, it could happen to anyone. I think they have done a great job of supporting us."

Reese was then asked how tough it was to do her job on Saturday with all of this going on.

"Obviously it's tough, but I think I have a great support system. I'm loved by so many people. And obviously, in the moment, it's hard to hear, But my support system is great... I've done through so many different things in the past couple years of my life. But I think just having this support and this love and being a part of an organization that really supports me is something I couldn't imagine not being a hard of."

When asked about the WNBA's investigation, she said, "Yeah, like I said, they understand that this is the priority. There's no place for this... the women in this league, they know that. And they know there's no space for that. And I believe that every player in this league deserves to be treated with respect, and wants to come to work and have fun, and have a great environment to work at.

"I think they've done a great job putting that out, and are obviously just going to response as they need to," she concluded.

It will be interesting to see what comes from the investigation.