“Angel Reese’s NBA Dream Edges Closer as Brother Juju Shines in Maryland Basketball”

If not for Julian Reese, Angel Reese might never have started playing basketball. The Chicago Sky star, only a year older than her brother, always wanted to compete with him playing hoops growing up. And so, a star was born. The older sibling is now a superstar in the WNBA, even if she’s just finished her rookie season. Meanwhile, her brother is on a surefire path to the NBA as well, if his latest achievement is anything to go by.

The brother-sister duo played for the same Maryland program for one year, before Angel transferred to LSU. But where the sister has now graduated, her brother is in his senior year of college and making waves with the Terrapins.

The Instagram page of the men’s hoops team posted a picture of ‘Juju Reese’ with a huge 24 highlighted behind him. The poster reveals his ranking in the Coaches Poll, a huge achievement in one of his biggest college seasons.

Averaging 12.0 points per game, although slightly down from the last season, Reese’s shooting efficiency has improved significantly, with a field goal percentage of 58.4%. This achievement comes on the heels of the Terrapin player making Maryland history – scoring 1,100 points and 800 rebounds, the eighth player in program history to do so, putting him in the elite company of former NBA champion Keith Booth.

One of his best performances came against Maryland Eastern Shore, where the senior scored 23 points and 11 rebounds, making his double-double noteworthy. His sister also cheered for him as she reposted the school’s post on X, celebrating with the one that was a major reason why she picked basketball in the first place.

“Everything was always competitive with my younger brother,” Angel told What’s Up? in March 2022. “We had a basketball court in front of our house, and it was always very competitive and intense. We played all the time together. It helped shape me to who I am now.”

But taking the sentiment forward, Julian Reese recently teased her sister playing hoops because of him, and the older sibling was quick to correct him!

Angel Reese rushes to correct Julian Reese’s hilariously misguided notions

Being competitive and picking basketball because both their parents played the sport was natural. But then in a recent X post by NBA Future Starts Now, Julian Reese said in a video that his sister is actually right-handed but shoots left-handed because she wanted to be like him.

Correcting him in a tweet, Angel reposted the video with the caption, “my baby brotherrr💞😭 not you lying saying i switched hands cause i wanted to be like you stoppp itttt😭🤣”

The Chicago Sky forward is actually ambidextrous when it comes to shooting but prefers to do it with her left hand. However, with her left wrist injured at the end of her rookie season and having to have surgery on it, Reese might focus on shooting with her right hand now. In fact, she is already practicing with her right hand.

The brother-sister duo, who are only 13 months apart in age, disagree on who is the better player of the two. When asked, both said themselves! Julian was confident that he could beat her 100 to 20 times, whereas Angel said, “100 to 20?! He’s out of his mind. He knows I have the better shoe, he buys expensive stuff though.”

It would certainly be interesting to see when Julian comes to the NBA and both Reese siblings get into the top echelons of the sport!