"It has been great to have Sloot back," Reese said of Vandersloot, who started her career with the Sky in 2011 and played for the team until 2023. Vandersloot also won the WNBA championship with Chicago in 2021.

BATON ROUGE, La. — When the WNBA put together a preseason game between the Sky and the Brazilian national team at LSU, it was built around Angel Reese. There were other storylines, but Reese was the undisputed headliner. And she was thrilled to embrace it.

The Chicago Sky opened their 2025 preseason with a convincing 89-62 victory over Brazil’s national team at LSU’s Pete Maravich Assembly Center on May 2. In her return to Baton Rouge, Angel Reese—who led the WNBA in rebounds per game last season—posted another impressive double-double,