Unlike the Chicago Bulls, the Chicago Sky are finding ways to complete trades for much-needed draft capital as the team rebuilds around second-year star Angel Reese.

A two-time WNBA first-team selection who has led the league in assists seven times, Vandersloot averaged 8.7 points and 6.6 assists for the Liberty in 2024. The year prior, she was selected to her fifth All-Star Game.

Angel Reese will soon return to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center to play a WNBA preseason game. LSU athletics announced Friday that it will host an exhibition between Reese's Chicago Sky team and the Brazilian national team at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 2.

The Chicago Sky are grappling with the luxury and burden of options during this free-agency period. General manager Jeff Pagliocca almost entirely recouped the team’s draft stock over the last year, including securing the Nos.