Fans Furious Over Angel Reese’s WNBA All-Defensive Snub

On Sunday morning, the WNBA announced its All-Defensive teams for the 2024 regular season.

The five players who earned first-team All-Defensive honors were Connecticut Sun guard DiJonai Carrington, Las Vegas Aces superstar (and 2024 WNBA MVP) A’ja Wilson, Seattle Storm center Ezi Magbegor, New York Liberty standout Breanna Stewart, and WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Napheesa Collier.

The players who received second-team All-Defensive honors were Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas, Minnesota Lynx player Alanna Smith, Seattle Storm forward Nneka Ogwumike, New York Liberty center Jonquel Jones, and Phoenix Mercury guard Natasha Cloud.

While all ten of these elite players certainly deserved an All-Defensive distinction, many fans are upset on social media that Chicago Sky sensation Angel Reese did not receive the honor after a sensational rookie season.

One X user wrote, “I’m gonna keep it a stack. Angel Reese should’ve been AT LEAST second team. No disrespect to them, but there’s an argument to be made that she’s better defensively than every single big on the second team.”

“Not having Angel up here is crazy work, who the voters and what were they watching,” added another X user.

“Angel Reese deserved to be on the 2nd Team All Defense,” noted a third, along with a video of rapper Drake holding back tears and saying, “It has been a long fight. It has been a long fight, and I just have to have a warrior spirit. And that’s all.”

Perhaps Reese will be able to use this snub as motivation to earn the honor in her second season with the Sky.