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WNBA legend Lisa Leslie knows what part of Angel Reese’s game she wants to target ahead of the Chicago Sky’s 2025 season.

“The biggest advice I have for you is gonna be how you shoot your layups, period,” Leslie told Reese on Thursday’s episode of Unapologetically Angel (26-minute mark). “We’re gonna fix that. That’s fixable for you.”

Reese averaged 13.6 points per game and finished as WNBA Rookie of the Year runner-up in 2024 while shooting 39.1 percent from the field.

That included a 44.5 percent shooting rate on attempts from within five feet and a 42.4 percent accuracy rate on layups.

The Sky forward, who missed the end of her rookie season after undergoing season-ending wrist surgery, has previously referred to that shooting percentage on social media “the worst you’ll ever see me.”

Leslie has expressed hope that she can help Reese improve her shooting before, like when she mentioned Reese’s offensive “ceiling” to Kelley O’Hara in a September episode of Just Women’s Sports (10-minute mark).

“She has a whole ceiling of space to improve on. Her offense, her ability to shoot, just her down-post game, her face-up game. I hope to work with Angel one day in the gym, just to really help her get to that next level, because I believe that really can,” Leslie said in September.

That hope came to fruition during Unrivaled’s inaugural season, when Rose BC shared a video of Reese and Leslie training together.

In their latest conversation on Reese’s podcast, Leslie praised the second-year WNBA forward for wanting to improve her game.

“For me to hear from you, and see that you’re like, ‘Yes, I want you to work with me, I want you to help me, I want to get better,’ that’s what it’s about,” Leslie told Reese. “The fact that you already have that attitude? You’re going to get better, and I can help you get better. I’m positive. I’m serious.”

Before returning for her second WNBA season, Reese will look to show off some of the lessons she’s learning from Leslie when Unrivaled team play resumes next Tuesday between Rose and Vinyl.