If you thought college rivalries would cool off once players hit the pros, think again because Angel Reese and Hailey Van Lith just turned friendship into a full-on sisterhood in Chicago. The energy? Ride-or-die.<\/p>\n
This past weekend marked the start of WNBA training camp for the Chicago Sky, and all eyes are on Van Lith as she navigates her rookie year. But she\u2019s not doing it alone. Reese, now a sophomore in the league, is stepping into a new role: part mentor, part emotional bodyguard, full-time hype woman.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been where she is,\u201d Reese told reporters, reflecting on her own whirlwind debut last year. \u201cWhen you\u2019re the new name everyone\u2019s watching, the pressure is real<\/em>. So I\u2019m making sure Hailey doesn\u2019t feel like she has to carry that weight alone. I didn\u2019t have a lot of veterans to lean on last year, so I\u2019m making sure she does.\u201d<\/p>\n Translation? Angel\u2019s not just passing her the ball\u2014she\u2019s passing the wisdom. Whether it\u2019s locker room pep talks or mid-practice morale boosts, Reese is channeling big sister vibes, and Van Lith is feeling the love.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s super selfless\u2014like, no one sees that side of her,\u201d Van Lith said. \u201cShe checks in on me constantly, makes sure my head\u2019s in the right space, makes sure I feel<\/em> like I belong here.\u201d<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t just a case of teammates being polite. This is chemistry. This is loyalty. This is two ultra-competitive, high-profile college stars building something deeper than stats, trust.<\/p>\n And when these two hit the court together this season? Expect fireworks. The WNBA isn\u2019t just getting fresh talent\u2014it\u2019s getting a sisterhood ready to take over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you thought college rivalries would cool off once players hit the pros, think again because Angel Reese and Hailey\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":68683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[3833,26254],"class_list":["post-68682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","tag-angel-reese","tag-hailey-van-lith"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}