Jason Whitlock has labeled Angel Reese “embarrassing” and “unskilled” in an impassioned rant on Wednesday after the Chicago Sky superstar was named BET Sportswoman of the Year. Reese won the award for the second consecutive year over the likes of A’ja Wilson, Dawn Staley, Flau’jae Johnson, Coco Gauff, JuJu Watkins, Sha’Carri Richardson and Simone Biles.
Whitlock – who’s an avid critic of Angel Reese – needed no invitation to lambast her on his ‘Fearless with Jason Whitlock’ show on Wednesday. The sports analyst’s treatment of Reese has become a running gag on social media.
“The woman with a retarded offensive basketball game,” Whitlock said in the opening segment. “A woman who’s an absolute embarrassment to the WNBA because she’s getting so much attention, and she’s so unskilled.”
Jason Whitlock was even more scathing in his critique, claiming that Angel Reese’s rise was less about talent and more about controversy.
“She confirms nearly every stereotype about women’s basketball, that it’s hot garbage and hot trash but she’s the winner of the award over A’ja Wilson?…. This woman, who can barely make layups, is named Sportswoman of the Year. Why? Because she antagonizes white Christian men and conservatives. She trolls Caitlin Clark.”
“And this is supposedly in the best interest of Black people and Black women to put on the black burners so we can control Caitlin Clark. So we can control white men. So we antagonize and annoy white people. That’s the agenda of black women, particularly feminist black women.”
In text added over the video, Whitlock doubled down on his statement:
“Angel Reese has been crowned ‘Sportswoman of the Year’ by BET. A woman that’s an embarrassment to the WNBA. She’s so unskilled that she confirms every negative stereotype of women’s basketball. They only gave her this award because they like that she trolls white people and Caitlin Clark.”
Reese’s performance in her sophomore year has been hot and cold, struggling to justify her rookie season. The Sky are currently off to a 2-6 start this season, with a new coach and an almost entirely new team around the power forward struggling to form a new identity. There have been regular flashes of rebounding brilliance, but offensively, they are few and far between, leading to criticism from analysts like Whitlock.
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Edited by William Paul
