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Why was Angel Reese traded to the Atlanta Dream?

In April 2026 Angel Reese was traded by the Chicago Sky, with whom she had played her first two WNBA seasons, to the Atlanta Dream. In September 2025, with four games to go in the regular season, Reese had expressed her frustration with the team’s performance and the quality of its roster in a press conference with the media. She was briefly suspended by the team for her comments and did not play in the following games, ostensibly because of an injury. That rift proved permanent, as she was traded to the Atlanta Dream the following April.