Angel Reese makes @WNBA history with four straight 15-rebound games, powering the Chicago Sky and emerging as an All-Star contender, writes Grant Asfeth. A.R. talks Sky turnaround, focus on empowering teammates!

One of the most valuable effects of stocking the roster with three-point shooters is giving Reese more room to work in the post. She’s looking to broaden her game, even working on three-point shooting, but she’s at her best in the paint and can grow there, as well.

1. You’ve got to get better every year,” she told the Sun-Times. “I can’t be the same player as last year. I played well last year and definitively could’ve been better, but you just continue to get better every year, and that’s what I’m going to do.”

finished their preseason Saturday with a 92-87 loss to the Lynx at Target Center. Rachel Banham and Kia Nurse led the team with 14 points each. Reese played 25 minutes and had 10 points and five assists.

Not that it matters. Everything for the Sky is about their season opener next Saturday against Caitlin Clark and the Fever. That’s when they’ll show how serious they are about making a leap from going 13-27 last season.