Angel Reese is the duvet athlete for the subsequent installment of the favored online game collection, NBA 2K. She shall be on the duvet of the NBA 2K26 online game when it releases later this month, alongside stars akin to Carmelo Anthony and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Reese joins an elite group of WNBA stars, together with Candace Parker, Diana Taurasi, Sue Chook, Sabrina Ionescu and A’ja Wilson on the WNBA version covers, which first started with NBA 2K22 when the WNBA held its twenty fifth anniversary.
Reese was introduced as the duvet athlete on the identical day that Reebok introduced her signature shoe, which is seen on the duvet.
“After all we do all the pieces BIG. Why not debut my signature shoe on the duvet of NBA2K ?!?” she wrote on X.
Nonetheless, some WNBA followers will not be completely happy that Reese was chosen over Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark, who obtained probably the most All-Star votes from followers this yr.
An NBA 2K government defined why Reese was chosen. “Effectively, we’re by no means scared to start out dialog,” Zak Armitage, Senior Vice President and Common Supervisor of NBA 2K and 2K Sports activities Lab, advised journalist Marc Griffin. “That’s a part of our sport, [it] usually provokes debate and dialog. Basketball is filled with it, that’s what’s enjoyable in regards to the sport in addition to being a fan of it, so we by no means draw back from that.”
“We’ve had a terrific relationship with Angel, and we love her on-court and off the courtroom fashion. And she or he’s prepared to impress dialog and be audacious too, so this yr we’re actually excited to associate together with her. It felt [like] the proper time.”
Reese and Clark entered the WNBA collectively, with Clark being the No. 1 total decide of the 2024 draft. They had been on the identical All-Star workforce final yr.
Reese is at the moment averaging 13.2 factors and 12.9 rebounds per sport. The Chicago Sky star additionally made WNBA historical past just lately as she turned the primary participant in league historical past to report 15 or extra rebounds in 5 straight video games.
Reese and Clark had been collegiate rivals earlier than they had been each drafted into the league, the place they’ve continued to be very aggressive with each other.
Reese did have a powerful season, incomes a spot within the All-Rookie First Staff and getting an All-Star choice, nevertheless, it was Clark who was named Rookie of the Yr.
