Angel Reese earns NBA 2K26 cowl, WNBA followers pontificate

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Angel Reese grew to become one of many handful of WNBA gamers who can be on the duvet of the NBA 2K26 online game when it releases later this month, sharing the dignity with Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and former New York Knicks nice Carmelo Anthony.

The Sky star joined Candace Parker, Diana Taurasi, Sue Fowl, Sabrina Ionescu and A’ja Wilson on the WNBA version covers, which first began with NBA 2K22, when the WNBA had its twenty fifth anniversary.

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This picture supplied by 2K Video games in July 2025 exhibits basketball participant Angel Reese on a particular version cowl for the online game NBA 2K26. (2K Video games through AP)

The announcement got here the identical day as Reebok introduced her signature shoe. The footwear is seen on the duvet.

"After all we do every part BIG. Why not debut my signature shoe on the duvet of NBA2K ?!?" she wrote on X.

Nevertheless, WNBA followers have been left surprised that Reese was chosen over Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark, who obtained probably the most All-Star votes from followers this 12 months. Whereas Reese reposted a message on X, saying "being an Angel Reese hater should suck lol," there was loads of criticism to go round.

Reese and Clark will perpetually be tied collectively for the reason that 2023 NCAA girls’s basketball nationwide championship when LSU defeated Iowa and Reese hit the "you may’t see me" taunt to Clark within the midst of the victory. The 2 got here into the WNBA along with Clark being the No. 1 general choose of the 2024 draft. They have been on the identical All-Star workforce final 12 months.

Chicago Sky ahead Angel Reese, #5, drives to the basket in opposition to the Dallas Wings through the second half of a WNBA sport at Wintrust Area in Chicago on July 9, 2025. (Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Photos)

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Reese is averaging 13.3 factors and 12.8 rebounds per sport for the Sky this season. She was an All-Star final season and can be within the All-Star Sport later this month.

NBA 2K common supervisor Zak Armitage defined to TMZ Sports on Wednesday why Reese was chosen.

"NBA 2K26 is celebrating the daring, the assured, and the visionaries -- and WNBA All-Star Angel Reese carries all that on and off the court docket," Armitage mentioned.

Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, and Angel Reese, #5 of the Chicago Sky, look on through the sport on June 1, 2024 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Jeff Haynes/NBAE through Getty Photos)

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"In her sophomore 12 months within the WNBA, Angel Reese has made waves, created impactful conversations, and impressed the subsequent technology. She's a storyteller and has helped the WNBA develop its viewers."