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Angel Reese Gives Young Fan Her Shoes in Priceless Exchange After All-Star Game

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Jul 20, 2024; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Team WNBA forward Angel Reese gets in position against USA Women's National Team during the WNBA All Star Game at Footprint Center.
Jul 20, 2024; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Team WNBA forward Angel Reese gets in position against USA Women's National Team during the WNBA All Star Game at Footprint Center. | Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

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A young fan experienced a moment of a lifetime after Saturday's WNBA All-Star Game when Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese gifted the young fan with her game-worn shoes.

The young girl held a poster stacked with Reese's Pieces candy, to pay homage to the Chicago Sky rookie's name, and it read "Angel, I'll trade u all of these 4 your shoes."

Reese, who became the first WNBA rookie to hit a double-double in All-Star Game history, noticed the poster and immediately took her shoes off to hand to the young girl. She signed the shoes and handed them back to the girl, who shouted "Thank you, Angel!" Reese walked away without taking any of the girl's candy, too.

The fan was beaming after the heartwarming exchange.

Reese finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds in Team WNBA's 117–109 win over Team USA on Saturday night. Reese, and the rest of the WNBA not participating in the Paris Olympics, will now have about a month break before the WNBA returns to action.

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Madison Williams
MADISON WILLIAMS

Madison Williams is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where she specializes in tennis but covers a wide range of sports from a national perspective. Before joining SI in 2022, Williams worked at The Sporting News. Having graduated from Augustana College, she completed a master’s in sports media at Northwestern University. She is a dog mom and an avid reader.

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