Reese\u2019s tweet thrilled Rebecca Cutter, creator of the series.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am DEAD on the floor!!!\u201d Cutter responded<\/a>, \u201cthank you for watching our lil ol show @Reese10Angel !!!\u201d<\/p>\n Reese has shown a knack for turning her interests and hobbies into lucrative opportunities. She had an open look, and she took her shot.<\/p>\n \u201c(J)ust let me know,\u201d Reese tweeted, \u201cif you need me for season 2 \ud83d\ude09\u201d<\/p>\n just let me know if you need me for season 2 \ud83d\ude09 https:\/\/t.co\/jnZ6f1svjg<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Angel Reese (@Reese10Angel) August 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Maybe it was Reese\u2019s direct, self-assured offer. Maybe it was the winky-face emoji. Or maybe it was cool that a WNBA star, albeit one who has her eyes on superstardom, showed interest in a surprise hit show.<\/p>\n Whatever the reason, Netflix announced in January that Reese would be cast in Season 2 of \u201cThe Hunting Wives<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n It was just another property to add to Reese\u2019s growing portfolio of projects outside of basketball.<\/p>\n \u201cI literally manifest my entire life<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Reese, 23, has manifested a busy life on and off the court as she establishes herself as a multi-hyphenate: basketball star, model, businesswoman, actor.<\/p>\n \u201cAngel\u2019s 24 hours are much different than a normal person\u2019s 24 hours,\u201d Jeanine Ogbonnaya, the founder of the agency The Clearview Group, told The Athletic.<\/p>\n Through her company, Ogbonnaya is the most visible member of \u201cTeam Angel,\u201d as she calls it, and has been working with Reese since the star played at the University of Maryland. (Reese later transferred to LSU, where she won a national championship in 2023.)<\/p>\n Since her \u201cseason 2\u201d tweet from last August, Reese has been busy building a wide-ranging collection of media appearances and business partnerships. Last October, she took another step on the runway of her future.<\/p>\n At the Victoria\u2019s Secret Fashion Show<\/a> in New York, Reese joined supermodels Bella and Gigi Hadid and Adriana Lima. With a fixed gaze and long flowing hair, Reese looked poised and confident. Wearing a pink keyhole T-shirt with \u201cAngel\u201d printed across the front in silver and a matching pink lace bra and panty set, Reese made the turn at the end of the catwalk showing off her Angel wings. As the crowd cheered, the song transitioned to \u201cAngel\u201d by Irish singer and songwriter Gavin Friday.<\/p>\n Reese became the first professional athlete to appear in the famous fashion show, adding yet another major manifesting milestone to her growing resume.<\/p>\n \u201cI have a video of me, when I was younger, dancing in Victoria\u2019s Secret sweatpants and a hoodie,\u201d Reese told Vogue Magazine a day before the show. \u201cIt\u2019s a full-circle moment for me.\u201d<\/p>\n \n Angel Reese walks the runway for the Victoria\u2019s Secret Fashion Show in October. (Mike Coppola \/ Getty Images for Victoria\u2019s Secret)<\/p>\n Off the court, Reese is using hoops to build an empire.<\/p>\n She announced her decision to enter the 2024 WNBA Draft in Vogue, attended the Met Gala, and has accumulated a list of partnerships, endorsements and investments that includes brands such as Cash App, Juicy Couture, Reebok, Reese\u2019s, Beats by Dre, Playstation, McDonald\u2019s, Amazon, TOGETHXR, DC Power FC, and skincare brand Topicals.<\/p>\n Reese voiced the character Propp, a polar bear, in the animated movie GOAT, which premieres Friday and is produced by NBA star Steph Curry. She also made a cameo in the Netflix political thriller \u201cHouse of Dynamite,\u201d starring actor Idris Elba, and went viral while attending the Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford boxing match. Oh, and Reese\u2019s new Reebok colorway \u201cRose Dust\u201d drops the same day as the animated movie.<\/p>\n “GOAT” star Gabrielle Union talks about how heartwarming it is bringing her daughter to see Angel Reese play \ud83c\udfc0 and the larger impact of having women in leadership roles \ud83c\udfac pic.twitter.com\/jhtRXbhqye<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 CinemaBlend (@CinemaBlend) February 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n For decades, WNBA players often spent the offseason playing in other countries to supplement their salaries. Recently, they\u2019ve joined leagues such as Unrivaled, Athletes Unlimited and the newly formed Project B. According to Spotrac, Reese signed a four-year, $324,383 rookie contract with the Chicago Sky in 2024. Under the 2020 WNBA collective bargaining agreement, Reese\u2019s salary would not reach $100,000 at any point during her current rookie deal.<\/p>\n Including her non-basketball endeavors, Forbes lists Reese\u2019s value at $9.4 million \u2014 the most for a Black woman basketball player \u2014 noting 72 percent of the top 20 female athletes\u2019 income came outside their sport.<\/p>\n With the Chicago Sky, Reese\u2019s rebounding ability allowed her to etch her name in the record books in just one season. Her 446 as a rookie sits at No. 2 on the list of WNBA single-season rebounding leaders behind four-time MVP A\u2019ja Wilson.<\/p>\n Last offseason, Reese was one of 36 players who participated in the inaugural season of Unrivaled, a new professional league founded by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier. Reese won a championship with Team Rose and was the Defensive Player of the Year. In Year 2, Reese opted not to participate for the first half of the season. But on Feb. 11, Unrivaled announced Reese would return to Rose BC<\/a> later this month. Next month, she\u2019ll play with USA Basketball\u2019s Women\u2019s National Team<\/a> in FIBA\u2019s Women\u2019s qualifying tournament.<\/p>\n While she wasn\u2019t on the court, Reese was expanding her business.<\/p>\n And that business is lucrative and growing.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen it comes to brand partnerships, they need to reflect who I am on and off the court,\u201d Reese said in an email through her publicist. \u201cI look for partners that share my values, empower young women, and allow me to show up authentically.\u201d<\/p>\n Since the beginning, the Baltimore native\u2019s goal has been elevating women\u2019s sports and giving other women platforms for success. Reese\u2019s direct investment is her way of ensuring her strides down the runway will serve as a guide for others to follow.<\/p>\n One of the first college stars of the NIL (name, image, likeness) era, Reese, whether you like her or not<\/a>, is social media savvy and has used her large following to turn herself into a brand.<\/p>\n Reese has amassed 155,000 YouTube subscribers, 721,200 followers on X (formerly Twitter), 5.2 million Instagram followers and 6 million TikTok followers. That\u2019s more social media followers than the population of the city of Chicago (2.72 million). She had the second-most-viewed WNBA player page on Basketball Reference in 2025.<\/p>\n \u201cEverything that the public gets to see has 100 percent of Angel\u2019s footprints all over it, and that\u2019s what makes everything that we put out so special,\u201d Ogbonnaya said. \u201cShe is so involved, from set designs to products to really every element of every partnership that she does, and so I think that\u2019s what makes her business so successful, is because that signature Angel touch is on everything.\u201d<\/p>\n In a sport in which scorers are typically the stars, Reese breaks the mold. Her rebounding, combined with her \u201cit girl\u201d influence, has her at the intersection of sports and culture in a unique way in women\u2019s basketball. She\u2019s taken barbs from critics \u2014 NBA star Draymond Green was trolled by a fan using Reese\u2019s name as a pejorative \u2014 and it hasn\u2019t stopped her motion.<\/p>\n Reese\u2019s popularity expands how her fans view basketball. As they follow her career, they\u2019re looking beyond scoring and at her other abilities. Her fan base is wide and includes WNBA fans both old and new. But most importantly, women from different backgrounds \u2014 especially Black women \u2014 see themselves in Reese.<\/p>\n While also praising Reese\u2019s business acumen, BET had this to say about why Reese won the publication\u2019s Sportswoman of the Year<\/a> for a third straight time: \u201cWhether it was NIL deals, race in sports, or body image, Angel kept it real. She never backed down from the mic, and fans \u2014 especially young Black girls \u2014 felt seen.\u201d<\/p>\n Her love of pink \u2014 she is the basketball Barbie after all \u2014 Y2K fashion and being a \u201cgirl\u2019s girl\u201d are at the center of her persona. With so much attention on her, Reese is making her mark in a way she feels is true to her story.<\/p>\n \n Angel Reese points to her ring finger in what became an iconic moment toward the end of the national championship against Iowa in 2023. (Morgan Engel \/ NCAA Photos via Getty Images)<\/p>\n After Reese and LSU women\u2019s basketball won the championship in 2023, \u201cour lives changed overnight,\u201d Ogbonnaya said.<\/p>\n She and Reese decided it was necessary to bring in a strategic communications team.<\/p>\n With Reese\u2019s quickly growing portfolio, Ogbonnaya decided to focus solely on Reese and not take on other clients. Ogbonnaya has been a marketing and public relations professional since 2014, and together they\u2019ve developed a strategy for Reese\u2019s goals with strong input from Reese and Reese\u2019s mother, also named Angel (Webb) Reese. Ogbonnaya and the Ethos Group handle all things off the court for Reese, including public relations, branding and marketing deals.<\/p>\n During that championship game, Reese made a gesture that became an iconic moment in women\u2019s basketball. She celebrated the Tigers\u2019 impending national championship in the waning minutes by waving one hand in front of her face \u2014 a move popularized by wrestler John Cena \u2014 and tapping her ring finger while walking toward and looking directly at Iowa Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark.<\/p>\n The moment went viral<\/a>, and backlash against Reese was swift. Clark had done Cena\u2019s \u201cYou can\u2019t see me\u201d wave days before in the same tournament after making her sixth 3-pointer in an Elite Eight victory against Louisville.<\/p>\n But along with some criticism, Reese\u2019s popularity grew as she prepared for the WNBA Draft. That\u2019s when Reese and Ogbonnaya invited Jaclyn Reilly and Kirsti Yess, founders of Ethos Group, to join Reese\u2019s team.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is such a male-dominated world (of) sports marketing and building these athletes\u2019 brands off of the court (and) on the field, but one of the main reasons that we have found so much success with Angel\u2019s brand is because we\u2019re doing it differently,\u201d Reilly said. \u201cAnd because we are women, we really do understand what she wants to build and grow long term. \u2026 It\u2019s definitely a factor, but it\u2019s not something that we sought out to do. It just happened very naturally.\u201d<\/p>\n All three women have previous experience in sports marketing from big agency backgrounds and say they\u2019re \u201call in\u201d on creating a long-term brand with Reese.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that she has a real superpower and (that is) being able to authentically connect with her fans,\u201d Yess said. \u201cShe\u2019s been consistent, she\u2019s been authentic, unapologetically herself.\u201d<\/p>\n In a game against the Minnesota Lynx in July, Reese wore a \u201cMebounds\u201d shirt<\/a> after trademarking the term originally intended to mock her for grabbing her own offensive rebounds. Reese had made a TikTok video addressing the intended insult and flipping it on its head. She sent it to Ogbonnaya on a Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n \u201cI think she just started seeing (the term and) getting tagged in it 24\/7, and she was like, \u2018That\u2019s kind of cute, to be honest.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n @angelreese10<\/a>\ud83d\udc8b\u266c original sound \u2013 angel<\/a><\/p>\n Ogbonnaya called Reese\u2019s trademark attorney, and paperwork for \u201cMebounds\u201d was filed within the hour, she said. Reese\u2019s team immediately went to work on merchandise that was ready to drop the following Monday.<\/p>\n Reese later said the T-shirt sales were a financial success.<\/p>\n \u201cSo the \u2018Mebounds,\u2019 if you know, you know, they tried to clown me for rebounds, and what did I do? I made a bag off it,\u201d Reese said on her \u201cUnapologetically Angel\u201d podcast in October. \u201cSix figures-plus, thank you. So y\u2019all can try again, because I do need an idea for some more colorways, so just keep it coming.\u201d<\/p>\n A portion of the profits from the shirts went to the Angel C. Reese Foundation<\/a> to help fight cyberbullying.<\/p>\n \u201cShe just saw an opportunity, and she really seized the moment, and we took advantage of it,\u201d Ogbonnaya said. \u201cWe thought the best way to go about something like that was quickness. The reception on that has been incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n \n Reese started a brand partnership with Reebok in college. (Jason McCawley \/ Getty Images for WNBL)<\/p>\n Interest and investment in women\u2019s sports are on the rise. Increased streaming availability has opened access to games. The 2024 NCAA championship game averaged 18.9 million viewers, marking the first time that the women\u2019s title game had a larger audience than the men\u2019s. The 2024 WNBA Finals averaged 1.6 million viewers.<\/p>\n Though women\u2019s sports still don\u2019t dominate the landscape, the growing number of fans has translated into\u00a0an insatiable appetite for access to players and merchandise. For some athletes, that means a signature sneaker.<\/p>\n Reese initially signed with legacy sneaker brand Reebok in 2023 through an NIL deal while at LSU. Reebok\u2019s roster of executives includes signature athletes and Hall of Famers Shaquille O\u2019Neal (president of basketball) and Allen Iverson (vice president). O\u2019Neal\u2019s close ties to Reese as a fellow LSU alum made him influential in bringing her on.<\/p>\n \u201cAngel represents everything this new era of Reebok basketball is about \u2014 power, confidence, and impact on and off the court,\u201d O\u2019Neal said in an email through representatives to The Athletic. \u201cShe\u2019s a competitor, a leader, and she\u2019s unapologetically herself. When Allen and I signed on back in the day, we helped make Reebok a statement brand. \u2026 Angel has that same star power. She\u2019s the face of what\u2019s next.\u201d<\/p>\n Reese\u2019s Reebok partnership began with early conversations with O\u2019Neal about shared values and Reebok\u2019s commitment to empowering athletes. After meeting with the full leadership group \u2014 from CEO Todd Krinsky to heads of product, community initiatives, and more \u2014 Reese decided Reebok was the brand she wanted to align with.<\/p>\n As a pro, Reese\u2019s deal has become a multiyear sneaker contract, and she\u2019s released the Angel Reese 1 in four colorways across two major drops. Both releases reportedly sold out<\/a> within 24 hours.<\/p>\n \u201cAs we planned for Reebok\u2019s return to basketball, signing a breakthrough athlete to lead the charge was our biggest priority and Angel was our top pick,\u201d Krinsky said in an email through representatives.<\/p>\n A young athlete whose professional career is just starting isn\u2019t typically the face of a brand with a signature sneaker, but nothing about Reese\u2019s career has been standard. She wants to be in the business of setting new ones.<\/p>\n Reese worked on product design and campaign concepts, and the brand gave Reese space to lead in relaunching Reebok Basketball.<\/p>\n Reese also helped grow the brand\u2019s reach into the highly coveted Gen Z audience, Reebok executives said.<\/p>\n \u201cOur Angel Reese social media content is always our best-performing, bringing in new followers and massive engagement for our channels,\u201d Krinsky said. \u201cHer influence is remarkable.\u201d<\/p>\n Reese has made it a point to connect with businesses that reflect her sensibilities, according to Jamel Barnes, president of DBA Management and Reese\u2019s investment manager.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery investment opportunity we consider has to be something Angel genuinely believes in \u2014 something she\u2019s passionate about and can authentically represent,\u201d Barnes said. \u201cEspecially with each investment we think of how each opportunity will align with her foundation\u2019s core pillars too: empowering women in sports, promoting financial literacy and supporting both mental and physical health.\u201d<\/p>\n Since joining the WNBA, Reese has invested in TOGETHXR, a media and commerce company that focuses on women\u2019s sports, and Power FC, a Washington, D.C., professional women\u2019s soccer team in the United Soccer League (USL) Super League.<\/p>\n Though Reese isn\u2019t involved in day-to-day operations, the club communicates with her regularly regarding future plans and creative opportunities.<\/p>\n Still, the focus for Reese remains basketball.\u00a0The team behind her says its goal is to help Reese balance that and her off-the-court ambitions. 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