Angel Reese is one of the best rebounders in the WNBA as a rookie, but she is an abysmal player on the offensive end. Her inability to finish at the rim is so brutal that even Dwight Howard is taking shots at the Chicago Sky’s No. 7 overall pick.
That’s when you know…
Howard, 38, left the NBA to play in Taiwan in 2022. He was back home in the United States over the Labor Day weekend for a collaboration with YouTuber D’Vontay Friga. They quietly snuck him into a streetball event in Las Vegas!
Howard initially disguised himself as a security guard to scout talent for his Asian Tournament team, the Taiwan Mustangs, from the sidelines. He eventually ended up on the court to run fives.
The park hoopers did not have an answer for the eight-time NBA All-Star and 2020 NBA champion!
As could be expected from black top hoops, some of the play was extremely messy. One particular offensive sequence looked very familiar. Howard joked that a series of misses, followed by a rebound, that eventually ended up with a bucket bears a striking resemblance to Reese.
Dwight Howard calling this the Angel Reese is crazy 😂 pic.twitter.com/TGNXotw7UI
— SSN Jay-O (@Jay_3shifty) September 2, 2024
He’s not wrong!
Angel Reese is shooting 38.5% on the season. She makes less than 45% of her shots from inside five feet. Two points are two points, sure, but it is infuriating to watch the 6-foot-3 forward try to score.
Take this excruciating possession from a recent loss to the Lynx for example:
Does that not look exactly like the streetball in Vegas?!
Reese proved the haters wrong and made WNBA history on Sunday. She set the record for most rebounds in a single-season. It is an impressive accomplishment.
However, a large number of her boards come off of her own misses so there is a mental asterisk attached to the feat. Reese is such a bad offensive player that Dwight Howard is mocking her on YouTube!