When Angel Reese entered the transfer portal, despite a good season with Maryland, the decision raised many eyebrows. But for Reese, it was a new start, and that too with a coach who could develop it in four section to prepare for the professional league.
So, finally, she found her match and announced her transfer to LSU. It was the“Gain culture”She wanted to join the head coach Kim Mulkey, and he turned out to be the best decision she could have made. After all, she was able to hold the national championship trophy, and that too by beating Caitlin Clark and Iowa.
But every season is not the same, so in the following season, Reese and Company were eliminated by Iowa in Elite Eight. In simple terms, in LSU, Reese experienced a combination of victories and losses.
Now, after two years, when she returns to the Pete Maravich Assembly of the LSU on May 2, 2025, he is necessarily nostalgic for her.“It will be incredible to return to Baton Rouge, a community that means so much for me”,Said Reese, expressing gratitude and excitement that only a real tiger could feel. However, not everyone feels the same thing as Sky’s n ° 5. Just ask Kamilla Cardoso.
For her too, the game is nostalgic enough, but for a different reason, because it will be against the Brazilian national team, for which she played before being drafted as a global choice n ° 2 in the recovery of 2024.
“Brazil played such an important role in my life and has shaped the person I am today. Playing for the sky against my old team gives me a wonderful opportunity to connect with my roots and play in front of old friends and teammates at home”, “Shared cardoso. However, with Baton Rouge also comes a fortune for her.
“Well, we won every time we played them, right? So…”said Cardoso. If you know, you know.
Well, there are too many cases of their dry rivalry, not more sadly famous than the 2024 dry championship match, where Reese was criticized for grabbing Cardoso’s hair, and Cardoso was ejected for pushing Flau’jae Johnson de Lsu, climbing tensions between South and Lsu. Even head coach Mulkey did not retain after the match, exploding the move and declaring,“I want her to pushed Angel Reese. Not pushing a child … You have 6’8”, does not push someone so little. “” “
Quick advance a few weeks, and the script has turned completely. In one of the most exciting twists and turns in the WNBA 2024 draft, Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso were both selected by the Chicago sky. NOW? Instead of making a collision in painting, they have itensemble. But yes, this upcoming game is more than a pre-season exhibition. Under the excitement is a persistent competitive advantage of their university days, where South Carolina, under the coach Dawn Staley, maintained a record of 16-0 without spot against the LSU since Kim Mulkey took over in 2021.
And what Cardoso said looks even more like a subtle blow when you remember what Reese said in March of last year: “We are not afraid of South Carolina, “she said.” Whoever sees us should be afraid. We are in a good place right now“. Yes, given that the South Carolina beat the LSU 66-56, ranked fifth in January of this year, winning their 17th consecutive match and the five since Mulkey took over.
Thus, although they can touch their shoulders in the match against the Brazilian national team, it will be done for a common goal and perhaps with some fun winks. After all, the story No Love Lost does not hold as much now.“I am so excited that I can play with Kamilla”, “Reese said after her selection, recalling how their dated battles to high school. But she was not alone. Cardoso shared similar feelings. She joked during her press conference,“Two big players together – no one will get any rebound on us.”
So, yes, the words of Cardoso have prepared the field for a pre-season clamping in narrative, where the past stories and the current ambitions will come up against the lively lights of the LSU origin.
A win-win situation for Angel Reese and the sky of Chicago
Well, Chicago’s sky is entering the 2025 WNBA season with a whole new energy and a whole new list to match it. After a difficult season from 13 to 27 in 2024, the franchise clearly indicated that they were not interested in slow reconstruction. Under the direction of the newly appointed head coach Tyler Marsh, the sky mixed experienced veterans with rising stars to forge a team that seems ready to make serious noise.
At the heart of this new chapter are two second -year phenomena: Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso. After a recruited campaign where Reese solidified her rebound by 13.1 and her score average of 13.6, she is now ready to be the centerpiece of the front area of Chicago.
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Meanwhile, Cardoso, who impressed fans around the world by winning a Grand Prix MVP abroad, returns with even more polishing and hunger to dominate in painting. But these are not only young guns. The sky withdrew an exchange of superproductions to land the veteran goalkeeper Ariel Atkins, a movement that shouted “waters.“
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Known for its two -way game, Atkins should be a force majeure at both ends of the soil. And speaking of veteran leadership, Courtney Vandersloot is back in Chicago. But this time, she has an even more important role. An old icon from the sky and assists the queen, the arrival of Vandersloot offers a regular hand to guide the young list.
To add even more depth, the draft of the Chicago WNBA in 2025 was a success. Hailey Van Lith, selected 11th in the general classification, and Ajša Sivka, taken at No. 10, brought a punch. Then there is the choice of second round Maddy Westbeld and a combination of veterinarians like Rebecca Allen, Kia Nurse, Elizabeth Williams, Michaela Onyenwere and Rachel Banham.
So, without a doubt, the team is fully effective. The only thing that remains to be seen is the score by which the sky beats Brazilian nationals!
