She got it, but not in the way she wanted.
Reese, who made herself into a national trash-talking celebrity after making gestures mocking Ciatlin Clark in the 2023 women’s NCAA playoffs, has continued to grab headlines with on-court stunts.
This one came back to bite her.
On Saturday, NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal put the former LSU star in her place, according to the New York Post.
Reese was videoing O’Neal on the LSU sideline. As he passed by, she pointed the camera at him and seemingly wanted him to pose for a photograph with her.
Instead, O’Neal put two fingers a little ways apart in the “two small” celebration that is intended as a derogatory gesture, as if the target of the gesture is too small and incognizant to stop the one making the gesture.
Essentially Sports captured Reese’s reaction, writing that she was “visibly annoyed following her recent WNBA Finals heartbreak.” Reese’s Atlanta Drean lost to the Golden State Valkyries in a seven-game series.
“She swiped at him, and the big guy cheekily walked away,” the site noted, as video captured “Reese’s unamused reaction as Shaq laughed it off.”
Reese had mocked Gold State players with the gesture after she had a good game and Atlanta was ahead two games to one in the series.
But when Game Seven rolled around and Golden State was on its way to a win, Yaxel Lendeborg of NBA’s Golden State Warrior mocked Reese with the gesture.
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As noted by Fox News, that when the game mattered most, Reese failed to deliver.
Reese committed four turnovers, which allowed her to make the record books with the most turnovers in a WNBA finals series – 27.
After being once again a loser, Reese said her podcast will go on hiatus so she can build her brand.
“For the next six months, the basketball world gets a welcome breather from her weekly studio declarations. Reese claims she will return to work after her Florida stay,” Alejando Avils wrote.
“Whether the time away produces better fundamentals on the court remains to be seen,” he noted.
After being once again a loser, Reese said her podcast will go on hiatus so she can build her brand.
“For the next six months, the basketball world gets a welcome breather from her weekly studio declarations. Reese claims she will return to work after her Florida stay,” Alejando Avils wrote.
“Whether the time away produces better fundamentals on the court remains to be seen,” he noted.
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