MLB Broadcaster Takes Jab At Angel Reese During White Sox Game

Angel Reese is a rebounding machine; nevertheless, not everybody appears impressed.

Throughout a current Philadelphia Phillies sport, MLB broadcaster John Kruk seemingly took a swipe at Angel Reese when the dialog shifted towards basketball.

In late July 2025, through the Philadelphia Phillies’ matchup in opposition to the Chicago White Sox, Kruk was talking on the printed with NBC Sports activities play-by-play announcer Tom McCarthy, who, at one level, gave a cheerful birthday shout-out to his pal’s spouse. Throughout the particular second, McCarthy additionally highlighted his pal for being a “heck of a basketball participant.”

McCarthy defined that once they performed collectively, he’d usually miss a lot of his photographs, and his pal was there to wash them up.

That is when Kruk made an fascinating remark many assumed was concerning the Chicago Sky’s main scorer and rebounder, Reese.

“There’s somebody right here in Chicago that does that loads,” Kruk talked about unexpectedly.

Though McCarthy laughed, he appeared to defend Reese, including, “She will get her factors,” to which Kruk replied, “She will get her rebounds, too.”

For these unfamiliar, Reese has obtained appreciable criticism since becoming a member of the WNBA in 2024 concerning her capturing effectivity, which was 39 % for her rookie season.

Reese’s critics have additionally questioned her rebounding skill, claiming a lot of her rebounds come from her personal misses.

In accordance with an in-depth evaluation accomplished by SportingNews, nevertheless, the parable that Reese solely leads the WNBA in rebounds as a result of she grabs her personal misses is simply that — a fable.

Based mostly on the numbers, Reese snagged 97 offensive rebounds through the 2024 season, 34 of which got here from her missed photographs, leaving 63 of them being produced off of her teammates’ misses. The league’s second-best offensive rebounder was Ezi Magbegor, who secured 62 offensive rebounds, 13 of which got here from her missed photographs and 49 from her teammates.

Throughout the “Membership 520” podcast, NBA champion Jeff Teague opened up about Reese’s sport and likened her to a different NBA legend: Dennis Rodman.

“Her model, all the things, Dennis Rodman was the largest participant off the court docket, and he was a f-cking star, and he was a menace on protection and rebounding,” he stated. “She is the Dennis Rodman of the WNBA.”

And the reward for Reese did not cease there. Teague referred to as the 23-year-old a “famous person” off the court docket, whereas persevering with to reward the 6’3″ athlete’s spectacular on-court talents.

Reese has additionally heard the critiques about her rebounding, so in June 2025, she shared a video on her TikTok account, admitting that typically she really enjoys when her detractors troll her.

For instance, a few of Reese’s largest haters coined the time period “mebounds,” primarily implying that her rebounding skill is not as spectacular because it’s made out to be, since they claimed they got here from her missed photographs.

Nonetheless, Reese wasn’t bothered by the phrase. Actually, she discovered a option to monetize it.

“Whoever got here up with the ‘mebounds’ factor, y’all ate that up,” Reese said in her TikTok. “As a result of mebounds, crebounds, keybounds, tebounds… something that comes off the board, it is mine.”

She added, “And a model … that is six figures proper there.”

“Whoever got here up with that, the trolling, I really like when y’all do it, as a result of the concepts be good,” she stated, including, “when y’all got here up with mebounds — trigger, statistically, all of the rebounds I get aren’t all the time simply mine. They’re the defenses, too, or anyone else’s on my staff — however when y’all got here up with mebounds, y’all [ate].”

Days later, Reese introduced that she had formally trademarked the time period “mebounds” and started promoting merchandise on her web site. The NCAA champion additionally introduced {that a} portion of the proceeds could be donated to the Angel C. Reese Basis to assist fight cyberbullying.

“#Hatingpaystoo,” she wrote within the caption.