Angel Reese has never been out of the Rookie of the Year conversation, all credits to the way she has been firing up for Chicago Sky in her debut season. And when she faced the Las Vegas Aces in the last game, the rookie made whopping 22 rebounds in her name, although the Sky lost after A’ja Wilson’s last-moment brilliance. Well, the Sky rookie tops the rebounds tally this season, but there have been a particular argument undermining Reese’s excellence. Now, the former legend Sheryl Swoopes has just shut them all with her explanation.

Recently, Sheryl Swoopes discussed about Angel Reese’s performance against the Las Vegas Aces. “She got four offensive rebounds in a row on A’ja  Wilson. Right. Who is a great rebounder in her own. Right”, stated Swoopes via Queens of the Court. Angel Reese scored scored 11 points and was the player with most rebounds in that game. Despite her impressive stats, the rookie has faced some criticism on social media, with critics pointing out that many of her offensive rebounds came from missed shots.

Well, Swoopes mentioned about those comments and said, “I just want to add to that is when people say, yeah, well, she’s getting a lot of these rebounds off of her own misses. Well, that’s what you’re taught to do. You’re taught to follow your shot. So just in case you miss, you can get the offensive rebound and put it up.” This season, Reese has amassed a total of 374 rebounds, with 53 of those coming from her own missed shots.

“So, is her field goal percentage the best? No. But I don’t really think people expect Angel to be that type of an offensive score when she got to the league. So I don’t care if it’s your own misses, how you’re doing it. 22 rebounds in a game is bananas. And to have 22 double-doubles in a season that’s not even finished yet, it’s pretty remarkable,” stated Swoopes. While Swoopes is all in support for the rookie, Reese herself had a reply to those critiques. Let’s discuss that.

Angel Reese’s reply to the critiques