Anger, strife and bullying brought to you by the number 5.
Did you know that no other WNBA player other than Angel Reese should dare to wear the number 5 in any form on any team which she has played — past or present — including and not limited to jerseys and chains/necklaces.
Well, fans of WNBA All-Star former Chicago Sky and internet celebrity Reese believes she’s the only one who should wear the number 5. It’s hers forever and ever and if someone dares to wear it they look at it as affront to Reese. The conspiratorial cuckoos believe that wearers are in cahoots with the haters to dim their star’s light.
All I can say is, “Are you effing kidding me?”.
It came to their attention that Rickea Jackson, recently traded to the Chicago from the LA Sparks, chose 5 as her number.
How dare she disrespect the queen who is no longer on the team traded away to the Atlanta Dream for the equivalent of a bag of Fungos and some quarter water (old school NYC reference)? Angel’s number should be hung in the rafters sent into early retirement to honor all that she has done for the franchise – the attention and the dollars, the double doubles. She took it from being a broke poverty franchise to profitable poverty franchise with the Chicago Sky realizing a profit for the first time in its history during her tenure.
Someone needs to tell the not-so-angelic Angel faithful one possible reason why Rickea chose 5 instead of 3 which she wore during college and later on the Sparks is because the number is currently being worn by Chicago Sky teammate Hailey van Lith.
And because Angel doesn’t own a trademark for the number 5. “Mebounds” yes. “5” no.
Oh, and it gets better…or worse.
Despite being warned by the Atlanta Dream fan base not to bring that bad behavior with them to Angel’s new team, the standom proceeded to harass new teammate the Dream’s Rhyne Howard about the number 5 chain she wore and seemed to flaunt in a internet post with Reese.
Poor Rhyne had to take to the internet to explain that she meant no disrespect and wasn’t aware that Angel was going to choose 5 as her number. Rhyne wears the chain to honor a friend, someone who she considered a “little brother”, Kentucky guard and NBA prospect Terrence Clarke who died in a car crash at age 19.
Rhyne, nothing you will do or say will ever be enough for the standom.
I’m deeply troubled by the behavior of Angel’s fans. Most WNBA watchers know that certain fanbases are with the BS – the Caitlin Clark/Indiana Fever being one of them. Others such as the Angel and South Carolina/A’Ja Wilson standom feel because their vitriol is not race-based (So they say. This can be debated), they have a pass to be an ass. Normal fans don’t see the difference Yes, different verbiage, but same tactics and same results.
If we hold Indiana Fever’s Caitlin (CC) Clark accountable for the behavior of her fans, imploring her to speak out/denounce their actions, Angel should be held equally accountable.
CC, when publicly prompted, did make at least a milquetoast attempt at calming the craziness.
In contrast, Angel has said nothing when coaches, teammates or colleagues and some WNBA fans are viscously and relentlessly attacked.
Perhaps it’s because she relishes the attention and the money that it generates.
It won’t matter how well she does on the court this season, if her teammates feel unsafe as the result of attacks from her fandom. Angel has a bodyguard. Who will protect them?
All the double doubles and defensive accolades won’t mean a thing, if she finds herself on the trading block again with teams unwilling to take her because they don’t want to take on the headache, or rather headaches, that accompany her wherever she goes.
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