Shaquille O'Neal tells Angel Reese that WNBA players would earn more money if rims are lowered

Shaquille O'Neal has devised a arguable scheme connected really to get WNBA players paid more, arsenic nan NBA Hall of Famer told Angel Reese that nan league's rims should beryllium lowered.

O'Neal and Reese were discussing connected her 'Unapologetically Angel' podcast really NBA players make acold much than their female counterparts, pinch rookie sensation Caitlin Clark making a guidelines net of conscionable $76,535 this season.

And aft Reese said that nan WNBA doesn't salary its players enough, O'Neal revealed to his chap LSU alum his imagination for helping to level nan gender salary spread successful basketball.

'I person a solution for that, nobody's gonna for illustration my solution,' he began, earlier suggesting that nan WNBA rims should beryllium lowered somewhat truthful that much women tin dunk.

'A lotta group gonna comment, they gon dislike this, but... that's nan only point missing [in nan women's game],' he continued.

Reese, who tin dunk, was highly disapproving of nan idea, arsenic she shook her caput and said 'I dislike erstwhile men opportunity that.' 

The Chicago Sky halfway didn't consciousness that much dunking successful nan women's crippled would get WNBA players paid more, arsenic she added, 'People ever disrespect women regardless. There's ever not gonna springiness america nan aforesaid worth arsenic a man.'

O'Neal besides mentioned Clark successful his explanation, arsenic he said, 'It's astir seeing worldly you ain't expected to see... Why you deliberation group emotion Caitlin Clark? Besides her skills?'

'She tin sprout threes from logo,' Reese said.

'We ne'er seen that before. That's my point,' O'Neal said.

Nonetheless, O'Neal claimed that WNBA action resembled a 'high schoolhouse game' unless definite players were progressive and added, 'Our crippled is different because we do each nan stuff. Alley-oops...' 

He besides said, 'A beautiful woman dunking connected nan rim, I would watch that each day,' which did get a chuckle retired of Reese, who is signed nether him astatine Reebok.

Reese, though, did not work together pinch O'Neal's idea, which he said he drew from nan nets being somewhat little for women successful formation volleyball.

While Reese brings successful money from deals pinch Reebok, Reese's and Beats By Dre, her guidelines net was likewise debased to Clark's by master sports standards.

Reese raked successful conscionable $74,909 for her rookie play aft being selected No. 7 wide by nan Sky.

She's group to make moreover much from her information successful nan newly-launched Unrivaled 3-on-3 league, which announced antecedently that each subordinate would make a minimum six-figure salary.

The league, which kicks disconnected successful Miami successful January, precocious landed a TV woody pinch TNT Sports.