ESPN Analyst Demands Change as Lone Angel Reese Voter Remains Anonymous

ESPN analyst and reporter Andraya Carter is not happy that Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark didn't win WNBA Rookie of the Year unanimously, with Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese getting one vote away from her.

Clark got 66 of 67 votes to bag the Rookie of the Year honor, but many expected her to actually secure the award via unanimous decision. After all, no other rookie came close to what she had done in her first year.

While Reese certainly played well early in the season and made a case for the Rookie of the Year award, her injury late in the campaign practically ended her bid for the award. Besides, at that point, Clark was still dominating and had put the Fever in playoff contention.

Clark averaged 19.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 8.4 assists per game in the 2024 season. She led all rookies in scoring, while her assist rate was the best among all players not just rookies. She also made plenty of history during the campaign, including the most points scored by a rookie in a season (769).

Meanwhile, Reese led the league in rebounds per game with 13.1, while averaging 13.6 points. She also had the most double-doubles by a rookie with 26, although the Sky still struggled as a team despite her consistent play.

That is why it came as a surprise to many that there was still one voter who thought Reese deserved the Rookie of the Year award more than Clark. Unfortunately, since the WNBA voting is done anonymously, no one knows who picked the Sky star.

Having said that, Carter believes that the WNBA voting shouldn't be done anonymously. She emphasized that like with the lone voter who picked Reese, fans deserve to know who they are and get an explanation why they made the choice.

"This is why we would love for the WNBA to make voting not anonymous," Carter said on WNBA Countdown. "Because if you were the person who had that one vote, you should just be able to stand on it, and we should know who you are. In the NBA, voting is not anonymous."

It remains to be seen if the WNBA will actually listen to the call from Andraya Carter and the rest of the WNBA Countdown crew. But after what happened in the Rookie of the Year voting between Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, it certainly won't be the last time time that someone will make that demand.

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