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Shams Charania, ESPN
Chicago Sky star Angel Reese has agreed to a multiyear endorsement contract extension with Reebok, including a signature shoe release in 2026, the company told ESPN on Thursday.
Reese, the No. 7 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft, becomes one of six active WNBA players with a signature shoe deal, joining New York‘s Breanna Stewart (Puma) and Sabrina Ionescu (Nike), Las Vegas‘ A’ja Wilson (Nike) and Sydney Colson (Creative Control), and Indiana‘s Caitlin Clark (Nike).
“Reebok and Angel are growing together every day and our visions for the future are aligned,” Jide Osifeso, Reebok’s head of basketball, told ESPN. “We’re excited to continue the relationship with a ground-up build of her signature silhouette.”
In her rookie season with the Sky, Reese averaged a WNBA-record 13.1 rebounds while scoring 13.6 points per game and compiling a rookie-record 26 double-doubles, including 15 in a row — the longest streak in WNBA history.
Reese also became the first player in WNBA history to have 20 or more rebounds in three consecutive games, and her streak of 28 games with double-digit rebounds is the longest in WNBA history.
She finished second to Clark in WNBA Rookie of the Year voting.
Last week, Reese, who make $73,439 during her rookie season with the Sky, said on Instagram Live that
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