Angel Reese's Ex-Teammate Reveals Reason For Chicago Sky Trade Request

Despite the Chicago Sky securing an impressive win over the Las Vegas Aces in their final game before the WNBA All-Star Game and Olympics break, the biggest news swirling around the team before the break was that they traded Marina Mabrey to the Connecticut Sun.

This came as a shock to fans; especially because Mabrey seemed to be gelling with Angel Reese and her other Sky teammates.

Then it came out that Mabrey requested a trade out of Chicago.

And Mabrey reveals why she requested this trade in an article from the Chicago Sun-Times that released on July 19.

“I came to play for James Wade, the system he had built and the vision he saw for me,” Mabrey told the Sun-Times. “I don’t like to jump ship, so he left and then I thought, ‘OK, let’s see what happens.’"

James Wade was the Sky's coach from 2019-2023, and led them to a WNBA Championship in 2021. Mabrey was traded to Chicago in February 2023.

Mabrey added that, "After a while, it’s hard you came for one thing, and it didn’t really end up panning out to be the role, position, everything that you were originally planning on being in with [Wade]."

Clearly Mabrey wasn't content with her role in Chicago.

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