On one hand, the message from the team could be simply that Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese is a good passer. Vandersloot was the ideal organizational point guard, a cool head who could set up the Sky offense and help take advantage of second-year Chicago bigs Kamilla Cardoso and Angel Reese.

Chicago Sky general manager Jeff Pagliocca finally spoke out about Angel Reese's play on the court, and fans didn't like what they heard.