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Angel Reese, Chicago Sky Get Bad News on Saturday Night originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
One thing that Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky has repeatedly said throughout her team's slow start to the WNBA season–which included a four-game losing streak out of the gate followed by a pair of wins over teh struggling Dallas Stars, is that the group has been buoyed by the steadying presence of veterans.
None is so important a veteran as point guard Courtney Vandersloot, the 15-year veteran who has averaged 12.0 points and 6.7 assists this season, running the offense for the first time with the Reese version of the Sky. Vandersloot was an anchor in Chicago for most of her career before playing for the Liberty for the last two seasons, where she won her second WNBA championship.
At 36, Vandersloot is not the player she was when she was a five-time All-Star in the league, but her impact has been unquestioned. "We have great vets here who have kept me and Kamilla (Cardoso) poised, our young players. We have great people around us," Reese said.
Maybe not for long, though, at least not when it comes to Vandersloot.
In the first quarter of Saturday's game against the Fever, Vandersloot suffered what looked like a devastating knee injury. She had to be helped off the court at a hushed United Center, unable to put pressure on her leg.
It is too early to speculate what Vandersloot's injury might be, but it was confirmed to be a knee injury and she was reported on the CBS broadcast as out for the remainder of the game.
As ESPN's Alexa Phillipou wrote on X, "Courtney Vandersloot has been officially ruled out for the remainder of today’s Chicago Sky game versus the Indiana Fever after suffering a knee injury in the first quarter.
"Hoping it isn’t as bad as it looked."
Indeed.
This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 8, 2025, where it first appeared.
