Reese was exhausted in the Americup you could tell. Kamilla barely* played for USC behind Boston.
If Angel was "exhausted" it wasn't from basketball activities. This was months after the season. She was just out of shape, lazy, and didn't give a shi*t about repping her country. She was awful the whole tourney, and to her credit, said so. So did Kim; she said she was worried about AR and FJ's lack of bball work while they raked in NIL cash over the summer. I believe this whole episode is what led to AR's early season run in w Mulkey. Truthfully AR was only still starting in Mexico at this point bc of who she was and bc Kami Etheridge had no balls. Kamilla, sharp, motivated and in great shape, basically ate AR's lunch and threw up in the bag.
OTOH, the player who had reason to be exhausted was RIckea. She and Jewel literally got off the plane from Europe and on the plane to Mexico. And yet, note the very first words on this Twitter clip are "At this point you just give the ball to RIckea Jackson and let her operate." And operate she did, carried the team the whole tourney. This is why RJ is probably a lottery pick and AR is late first round at best.
IMO AR comes back next year and having learned a hard, embarrassing lesson last summer, and looking at the 25 W draft, will work harder to develop her offensive game.
I expect AR to be much better against Kamilla tonight. Better shape, more motivated and better supporting cast.. I still think KC is a more skilled post player.
I wish both could lose, but I think SC's depth is too much and they win by about 10 or 12.