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The WNBA‘s Chicago Sky is about to unveil a model new observe facility previous to the 2026 season, and former Sky star Candace Parker believes it’s lengthy overdue. However Chicago star Courtney Vandersloot, the longtime face of the franchise and a former teammate of Parker, talks in regards to the group being “low cost” are largely overblown.
Parker, a Chicago native, returned house and helped lead the Sky to a WNBA championship alongside Vandersloot in 2021. However throughout a earlier look on The Draymond Inexperienced Present, she spoke about how underfunded the crew was.
“I’ve by no means had a observe facility the place I may simply go get pictures up at evening. We’ve at all times shared a observe facility,” Parker advised Inexperienced.
These feedback, pretty or not, landed the Sky a status of being “low cost.” However Vandersloot says that couldn’t be farther from the reality.
“Chicago has at all times had a status of being a budget crew, or no matter it could be, however I’ve identified from the within that isn’t the case,” Vandersloot advised reporters on Monday through Entrance Workplace Sports activities. “They only wish to do it the precise approach. They wish to do it their approach. And I believe the observe facility is coming on the proper time.”
Sky famous person Angel Reese, who completed second within the WNBA Rookie of the 12 months voting behind Caitlin Clark final season, didn’t fairly go so far as Vandersloot. However she did say that she wasn’t overly involved in regards to the services.
“So long as we’ve got a hoop. For me, it’s a hoop and a objective. I’m simply joyful to be the place we’re proper now,” Reese stated, though she did recognize the upcoming modifications. “All people’s going to wish to come to Chicago. However I don’t know in the event that they’re going to have the ability to get in.”
Vandersloot, Reese, and the Sky kick off their 2025 WNBA marketing campaign on Saturday in opposition to Clark and the Indiana Fever.
