The Chicago Sky were, for the first half of the WNBA season, one of the best stories in the league. Led by , they were firmly in the playoff picture going into the All-Star and Olympic break. Unfortunately, they could not maintain that pace after returning from a month off, trading veteran sharpshooter Marina Mabrey to the Connecticut Sun and going 3-13 from that point — with Reese eventually getting .
Even so, it felt to many like the Sky were at least showing signs of moving in the right direction and would get another crack at a lottery pick in the 2025 Draft to try and create some better roster balance for next year. Apparently the Sky front office did not feel that was good enough, and on Thursday night that they were firing after going 13-27 her first year on the job. It was a fairly stunning decision, particularly given the relationship Weatherspoon had with Reese.
That was evident in Reese’s response to the news, as she saying she was “heartbroken” and that Weatherspoon was the reason she came to Chicago and that she was an “unsung hero in my life.” “I’m heartbroken. I’m literally lost for words knowing what this woman meant to me in such a pivotal point in my life.
She was the only person that believed in me. The one that trusted me. Many don’t even know what it’s like to be a black women in sports when nobody believes in you.
You had a tough job. All the crazy circumstances that we went through this year & when your back was against the wall, y.
