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 a rebounding machine, setting the single-season record last year before an injury cut her season short — that record was then surpassed by A'ja Wilson.
But many of her rebounds have come from the offensive side, stemming from her own missed shots.
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Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese grabs a rebound against the New York Liberty during the first half at Wintrust Arena. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Imagn Images)
Because of this, a viral TikTok user coined the term "mebounds," for when Reese grabs a rebound off her own miss.
Well, Reese took advantage of the opportunity and filed a trademark application for the new word. The trademark would be for hats, T-shirts and sweatshirts.
Reese even addressed the term in one of her latest TikTok videos.
"Whoever came up with the 'mebounds' thing, y'all ate that up. Because 'mebounds,' rebounds, crebounds... anything that comes off that board, it's mine," she said in the post.
Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese brings the ball up court in the first quarter against the New York Liberty at Barclays Center. (Wendell Cruz/Imagn Images)
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"And a brand? That's six figures right there. The trolling, I love when y'all do it because, like, the ideas be good. Like, when y'all have to alter my face and s--- because I'm cute, all right, whatever. That doesn't get me. But when y'all came up with ‘mebounds,’ because statistically,