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Bags & Basketball! Angel Reese Secures Reebok Partnership, Dishes On How Shaquille O’Neal Played A Role In Decision

<p>LSU basketball star <strong>Angel Reese<&sol;strong> has officially secured an endorsement deal with Reebok&period; Notably&comma; this feat makes Angel the first athlete to partner with the brand since <strong>Shaquille O&&num;8217&semi;Neal<&sol;strong> became its <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cbsnews&period;com&sol;news&sol;shaquille-oneal-president-reebok-basketball-allen-iverson-vice-president&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">President of Basketball<&sol;a> last week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;million-dollar-athlete-angel-reese-projected-as-highest-earning-womens-college-basketball-star&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Million-Dollar Athlete&colon; Angel Reese Projected As Highest-Earning Women&&num;8217&semi;s College Basketball Star&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Angel Reese Shared The News Through A Series Of Instagram Posts<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>On Tuesday &lpar;Oct&period; 17&rpar;&comma; Angel Reese shared the news through a collaborative Instagram post with Reebok&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The brief video features the 21-year-old getting dolled up&comma; and it builds up to a shot of her donning layered necklaces — the top reading &&num;8220&semi;Reebok&&num;8221&semi; and the bottom reading &&num;8220&semi;Reese&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CygCKo5A0zQ" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In another post&comma; Angel Reese wears her &&num;8220&semi;hand-picked Reebok uniform&comma;&&num;8221&semi; effortlessly serving in a black and white get-up while keeping it casual&period; She accompanied this look with some icy jewelry pieces&comma; stuntin&&num;8217&semi; while showing off her Reebok&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cyglg5hA7co" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Shaq Says Angel Reese Is The Best In The Game Right Now&colon; &&num;8220&semi;There Is No One Making A Bigger Impact&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>To commemorate the brand-new partnership&comma; Reebok shared a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;reebok&period;com&sol;content&sol;blog&sol;angel-reese-q-and-a-13" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Q&amp&semi;A<&sol;a> with Angel&period; Notably&comma; she acknowledged that the deal kicked off via a meaningful conversation with Shaq&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;It started off by talking to Shaq and understanding the values that align with the brand&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Angel went on to note that she considers Shaq&&num;8217&semi;s post-NBA moves to be &&num;8220&semi;inspirational&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and she&&num;8217&semi;d &&num;8220&semi;love&&num;8221&semi; to make similar accomplishments in the future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;As a former athlete&comma; now that he&&num;8217&semi;s just been announced as their President of Basketball that is inspirational to me&comma; just being able to see an athlete or former athlete shift from not just being an athlete&comma; but being the President of the brand is something that&&num;8217&semi;s important&period; I would love to do that one day&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>As for her experience chatting it up with Shaq&comma; Angel Reese said he&&num;8217&semi;s been &&num;8220&semi;super supportive&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;It feels great&comma; Shaq is so much fun&excl; I love him&comma; and he’s been super supportive to me and everything I’ve done&period; Even if I didn&&num;8217&semi;t work with Reebok he’d still support me&comma; and our relationship has always been amazing&period; Everything is just so much fun&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Of course&comma; she pointed out&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;What player wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t want feedback from one of the best bigs of all time&excl;&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Regarding what Shaq had to say about the decision&comma; the NBA legend <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;authenticnewsroom&period;com&sol;press-releases&sol;reebok-partnership-college-basketball-angel-reese" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">noted<&sol;a> that he <em>knew<&sol;em> he had to bring her on board for his &&num;8220&semi;first appointment in this role&&num;8221&semi; at Reebok&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;For my first appointment in this role&comma; it had to be the GOAT&period; There is no one making a bigger impact on the game right now than Angel Reese&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>He also added&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m proud to welcome Angel into the Reebok family and can’t wait to see how she will bring the brand’s legacy to the next generation&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CygpCc2PTvb" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; 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