Caitlin Clark's Fever Teammate Kelsey Mitchell Weighs In On Fan Treatment Of Angel Reese

Indiana Fever subordinate Kelsey Mitchell said astir nan perceived curen of Chicago Sky prima Angel Reese by fans. 

While speaking to reporters astatine nan WNBA All-Star game, a newsman asked Mitchell her thoughts connected nan "negativity" directed toward Reese, "as a Black woman." 

"I deliberation it's important to make judge that we support it little astir colour and much astir conscionable quality to human," Mitchell answered. "I deliberation if you conscionable person decency and communal decency astir what we do arsenic women connected nan floor, you cognize that Angel Reese is simply a bad female connected and disconnected nan floor. And we arsenic women person to correspond that." 

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Angel Reese of nan Chicago Sky reacts during nan 2nd half of nan crippled against nan Washington Mystics astatine EagleBank Arena connected July 8, 2025, successful Fairfax, Virginia.  (Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)

When asked what Mitchell would opportunity to nan fans who nonstop negativity astatine Reese, Mitchell said, "God bless you." 

"I dream your tone is successful heal a shape to wherever you don't person to make these comments cuz it's really bashful. Um we arsenic women. We travel connected present and we effort to compete and link and usage hoop to, you know, definitive ourselves," Mitchell said.

"Like it's not ever going to spell our measurement and nan group that stake connected america and nan group nan nasty comments that we get astir nan group we do and don't play with, it's for illustration it's disrespectful to what we trying to do, for illustration springiness america nan use of nan uncertainty and I dream that group spot america arsenic humans." 

Reese is 1 of nan league's much celebrated and polarizing players, and has built a passionate pursuing mostly connected her ongoing rivalry pinch phenom Caitlin Clark making love backmost to their assemblage days. Clark's and Reese's rookie play successful 2024 saw nan convention break aggregate viewership and attendance records, peculiarly owed to games featuring Clark and nan Indiana Fever. 

Reese was criticized for a motion astatine nan extremity of nan 2023 NCAA women's hoops title crippled wherever she pointed to her ringing digit to taunt Clark aft Reese's squad won. The infinitesimal boosted Reese's nationalist floor plan and incited polarizing attention, pinch galore of Clark fans hurling criticisms astatine Reese online.  

However, 1 lawsuit of alleged mistreatment of Reese was investigated and not substantiated. 

WNBA INVESTIGATION FINDS NO EVIDENCE OF HATEFUL COMMENTS TOWARD ANGEL REESE

After a reported incident of instrumentality harassment against Reese during nan Fever and Sky's first crippled of nan play connected May 17, nan WNBA launched an investigation into nan matter. But nan convention announced 10 days later that nan allegations of "hateful comments" were "not substantiated."

"We admit nan swift and thorough process undertaken by nan WNBA to analyse these allegations, which were not substantiated," nan Fever said successful a statement. 

"At Gainbridge Fieldhouse, we are committed to providing nan champion imaginable hoops acquisition for players and fans wherever dislike reside has perfectly nary place. Indiana is location to nan world's top fans, and we look guardant to an breathtaking play of Fever basketball."

Added nan WNBA, "Based connected accusation gathered to date, including from applicable fans, squad and arena staff, arsenic good arsenic audio and video reappraisal of nan game, we person not substantiated [the report]. The WNBA is committed to fostering a safe and inclusive situation for everyone and will proceed to beryllium vigilant successful enforcing our instrumentality codification of conduct."

U.S. Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind, called on the WNBA and nan Fever to apologize to Fever fans aft that investigation recovered nary evidence. 

"(Reese) accused nan Indiana Fever instrumentality guidelines of being racists. They investigated it. They said those accusations were false. The slightest that she could do is apologize to our awesome authorities and nan fans that show up astatine these games and say, ‘I’m sorry, I was wrong.’ Obviously, she’s not going to do that," Banks said Tuesday during an quality connected OutKick’s "Don’t @ Me pinch Dan Dakich."

"Those are atrocious accusations. They weren’t true. The fans weren’t shouting group slurs towards Angel Reese aliases opposing players. I mean, wherever is Caitlin Clark? Where is nan Indiana Fever? Where is nan WNBA saying that that investigation? There shouldn’t person been an investigation. The allegations were false. Where’s nan apology? It’s disappointing." 

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Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark will beryllium apical players successful adjacent season's WNBA Draft. (Getty Images)

It is unclear whether Reese notified nan WNBA to punctual nan investigation. Sky caput coach Tyler Marsh recovered retired astir nan reports "when everyone other did." However, Reese has said successful nan past that Fever and Iowa fans person been racist toward her. 

"It’s truthful demeaning to our authorities and to nan instrumentality guidelines to spell done thing for illustration that. The slightest they tin do is apologize to nan fans," Banks added. "That’s nan benignant of garbage that gets thrown astir each nan time." 

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