“Horrible Body Language”: Angel Reese Faces Scrutiny After Viral Exchange With Kiki Iriafen

Now, as Reese approaches a new season with the Atlanta Dream after her memorable trade, the conversation has reemerged after an incident with Kiki Iriafen. It’s no secret that Angel Reese hates to lose. She was suspended from the Chicago Sky last year after her Tribune interview asking for a better team and improved management because she is “not settling for the same shit we did this year,” and the team “[has] to get great players.

” However, that sometimes rubs fans the wrong way, as the preseason incident with Iriafen has earned her criticism. In the second quarter of the Mystics-Dream preseason matchup, Reese received the ball in the corner with an iso set up on Iriafen. She tried to bully-ball her way in with elbows tossed towards Iriafen.

But the second year stayed steady. When Reese tried to go around her for a layup, Iriafen swatted the ball away for an emphatic block. But unfortunately for the Mystics star, she made contact on the play, sending Reese to the floor and the foul was called.

As Reese was getting up, she looked at Iriafen with fire in her eyes and emphatically clapped thrice as she went to the line. Iriafen argued with the referees regarding why there wasn’t a call for Reese before her illegal block. She eventually had to retreat to the bench because of her fourth foul call.