{"id":162358,"date":"2026-03-13T07:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/?p=162358"},"modified":"2026-03-13T07:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:00:25","slug":"wnba-legend-lisa-leslie-strong-message-caitlin-clark-angel-reese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wnba-legend-lisa-leslie-strong-message-caitlin-clark-angel-reese\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA legend Lisa Leslie sends strong message to Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lisa Leslie is one of the most well-known figures of the WNBA. Along with Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, they are among the most-recognized WNBA players in history. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leslie is considered to be one of the best female basketball players of all time. The 53-year-old is part of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2015.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In her career, she won two WNBA championships, three WNBA MVPs and two WNBA Defensive Player of the Year awards. On top of that, she is also an eight-time WNBA All-Star and she has 12 All-WNBA selections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leslie is also successful on the international stage. She has led the USA Women\u2019s Basketball team to two FIBA World Cup gold medals and four consecutive Olympic Gold medals.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_162360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162360\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-162360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_26559967-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Former WNBA player Lisa Leslie\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_26559967-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_26559967-910x600.jpg 910w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_26559967-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_26559967-1536x1013.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_26559967-2048x1351.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_26559967-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_26559967-450x297.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_26559967-1200x792.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-162360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former WNBA player Lisa Leslie introduces Candace Parker during her jersey retirement ceremony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><b>WNBA Legend Lisa Leslie gives respect to Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clark and Reese are two of the most recognizable players in the WNBA today. Since joining the league in 2024, they have been touted as the new faces of the WNBA. Clark is known for her prolific scoring, while Reese earned a reputation for her tenacity and rebounding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This time around, the young stars are representing the same team \u2014 the United States of America. Clark and Reese are part of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-womens-basketball-world-cup-2026-qualifying-tournament-san-juan-puerto-rico\/teams\/usa\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Team USA\u2019s lineup<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the FIBA Women\u2019s World Cup 2026 Qualifying Tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clark is wearing number 12 for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/indiana-fever-send-message-caitlin-clark-wnba-offseason-announcement\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Team USA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while Reese is donning the number 9. Their jersey numbers are reminiscent of two Team USA legends \u2014 Diana Taurasi and Leslie.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On social media, Leslie shared a post highlighting both duos. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The WNBA icon added a caption to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lisaleslie\/\">Instagram story<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGot it right \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25 @caitlinclark22 and @angel.reese&#8221; wrote Leslie.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVtissCgbr5\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVtissCgbr5\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by ClutchPoints WNBA (@clutchwnba)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The duo of Clark and Reese still has a long way to go. This is the first time for both stars to suit up for the USA\u2019s senior national team. And, compared to Leslie, they have four Olympic golds and two World Cup golds to catch up to.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Either way, the future of Team USA\u2019s women\u2019s team is in good hands.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lisa Leslie is one of the most well-known figures of the WNBA. Along with Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, they are among the most-recognized WNBA players in history. Leslie is considered to be one of the best female basketball players of all time. The 53-year-old is part of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":560,"featured_media":162363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6593,8970],"tags":[7496,7529,8539,2616,1750],"class_list":{"0":"post-162358","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-sky","8":"category-fever","9":"tag-angel-reese","10":"tag-caitlin-clark","11":"tag-lisa-leslie","12":"tag-team-usa","13":"tag-wnba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WNBA legend Lisa Leslie sends strong message to Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"WNBA icon Lisa 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