Biography Flash: Angel Reese Commits to Chicago Sky While Going Instagram Official with NBA Star Wendell Carter Jr

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Angel Reese has spent the past few days doing what she does best: turning a rocky storyline into a power move. At USA Basketball training camp at Duke, she told reporters in a media session posted by USA Basketball that she is fully recovered from the back injury that sidelined her at the end of the Chicago Sky season and that she is “never going to pass up” the chance to compete for a spot on the senior national team, with a clear eye on the Olympics in Los Angeles. In that same availability, she emphasized that rebounding and defense will always travel with her game and that she is prepared to accept a different role for Team USA if that is what the coaches need.

The biggest franchise headline came when she directly addressed months of trade rumors. ESPN and Bleacher Report report that Reese said, “I’m under contract, so yes, I plan on returning to the Sky,” stressing that she is actively building her relationship with new head coach Tyler Marsh and general manager Jeff Pagliocca after the tense end to Chicago’s 10-34 season. Both outlets note that her comments effectively shut down speculation that she had played her last game in a Sky uniform, an important biographical marker as she appears to choose stability and growth in Chicago over drama and leverage, at least for now.

Those remarks come against the backdrop of her earlier suspension for what the team called “statements detrimental to the team” and her public and private apologies, described by ESPN and the Chicago Tribune and echoed in recent coverage. The team went 1-13 without her, while she led the league in rebounds and double-doubles during her 2025 campaign, numbers that solidify her status as the Sky’s foundational star going into 2026.

Off the court, Angel stayed firmly in the cultural conversation. Operations Sports and the Economic Times report that she just went Instagram-official with Orlando Magic center Wendell Carter Jr., posting photos in a custom Magic jersey with “My Man” on the back and a final slide showing his arm around her waist. Carter’s playful “overly” comment on the post confirmed what fans had suspected for months. That relationship reveal, while personal, adds another layer to her public persona: a crossover power couple straddling the WNBA and NBA.

In the same USA Basketball session, Reese mentioned her growing business profile, including a collaboration with Paige Bueckers and major brands like Reese’s and Oreo, and talked about giving “110 percent” not just to basketball, but also to modeling, business, and her own podcast. That balance between star athlete and emerging mogul is quickly becoming central to her long-term story.

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