Angel Reese files trademark for viral term used by critics: 'That's six figures right there'

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Angel Reese is turning an insult into a positive.

Reese, of course, is simply a rebounding machine, mounting the single-season grounds past twelvemonth earlier an wounded chopped her play abbreviated — that grounds was past surpassed by A'ja Wilson.

But galore of her rebounds person travel from the violative side, stemming from her ain missed shots.

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Chicago Sky guardant Angel Reese grabs a rebound against the New York Liberty during the archetypal fractional astatine Wintrust Arena. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Imagn Images)

Because of this, a viral TikTok idiosyncratic coined the word "mebounds," for erstwhile Reese grabs a rebound disconnected her ain miss.

Well, Reese took vantage of the accidental and filed a trademark exertion for the caller word. The trademark would beryllium for hats, T-shirts and sweatshirts.

Reese adjacent addressed the word successful 1 of her latest TikTok videos.

"Whoever came up with the 'mebounds' thing, y'all ate that up. Because 'mebounds,' rebounds, crebounds... thing that comes disconnected that board, it's mine," she said successful the post.

Chicago Sky guardant Angel Reese brings the shot up tribunal successful the archetypal 4th against the New York Liberty astatine Barclays Center. (Wendell Cruz/Imagn Images)

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"And a brand? That's six figures close there. The trolling, I emotion erstwhile y'all bash it because, like, the ideas beryllium good. Like, erstwhile y'all person to change my look and s--- due to the fact that I'm cute, each right, whatever. That doesn't get me. But erstwhile y'all came up with ‘mebounds,’ due to the fact that statistically, each the rebounds that I get aren't ever conscionable mine. They're, like, the defenses, too, oregon idiosyncratic other connected my team. But, erstwhile y'all came up with 'mebounds,' y'all ate."

In a caller contest, Reese grabbed 5 violative rebounds successful a 19-second span, 4 of which came disconnected her ain shots.

Reese presently leads the WNBA with 11.9 rebounds per crippled — 4.8 of those are offensive, which is besides a WNBA high. She is shooting 35.7% from the level successful 10 games played this season. She ranks 3rd successful antiaircraft rebounds per crippled with 7.1.

The 23-year-old precocious recorded her archetypal triple-double, scoring 11 points, grabbing 13 boards, and handing retired 11 assists.