WNBA Rookie of the Year Odds: can Rising Reese Close in On Clark?

WNBA Rookie of the Year Odds: Can Rising Reese Close In on Clark?


With a few weeks staying up until the league stops briefly for the Olympic break, it ought to come as not a surprise that the WNBA Rookie of the Year race is currently down to just 2 prospects, Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever and Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky.


Clark and Reese might not have actually been drafted initially and second overall in this year's WNBA Draft, however they are the headliners of the class in terms of pre-existing notoriety. In addition to all that both players accomplished on the college level, a rivalry between the 2 has been made. That rivalry, for much better or even worse, transcends what either player does on the basketball court or the reality that they play totally various positions on said court.


While Clark lost in 2 efforts to win a national championship, she led Iowa to extraordinary success, broke a bevy of program, conference, and nationwide records, and made a mass of remarkable shots from all over the court.


Reese, who had 80 double-doubles in 116 games over her four seasons with Maryland and LSU, led the Tigers to a nationwide title over Clark's Hawkeyes in 2023. She could not duplicate that very same success in her final college season, as Iowa ended the Tigers' repeat hopes in the Elite 8.


2024 WNBA Draft Preliminary Picks


Bolded and italicized players are not playing in the WNBA this season.


1. Indiana Fever - Caitlin Clark, Iowa
2. Los Angeles Sparks - Cameron Brink, Stanford
3. Chicago Sky - Kamilla Cardoso, South Carolina
4. Los Angeles Sparks - Rickea Jackson, Tennessee
5. Dallas Wings - Jacy Sheldon, Ohio State
6. Washington Mystics - Aaliyah Edwards, UConn
7. Chicago Sky - Angel Reese, Chicago Sky
8. Minnesota Lynx - Alissa Pili, Utah
Dallas Wings - Carla Leite, France
Connecticut Sun - Leila Lacan, France
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