How Angel Reese turned “Mebounds” trolling into a six-figure business while helping her foundation(Getty Images)
Because she needed more concepts for future colorways, she also joked that people could keep coming up with ideas. The business side of the idea became even clearer when Reese revealed how much she made from it.
Critics used “Mebounds” to mock the WNBA star for grabbing rebounds after her own misses. She said she first discovered “Mebounds” after seeing people repeatedly use the term in her TikTok comments. “And then I was like, well, might as well make some money off of it,” Reese told Elle. On Oct 2, 2025, during the Season 2 premiere of her “Unapologetically Angel” podcast, Reese said critics had tried to clown her for her rebounds, but she had turned the joke into “six figures-plus.
Angel Reese did something pretty smart with a joke that was never meant to help her. Reese instead turned the term into merchandise, made six figures from it and directed some of the money toward her foundation’s fight against cyberbullying. What started as criticism eventually became one of Reese’s most successful off-court moves. Reese later explained the decision during an interview with Elle’s Kayla Webley Adler. She then explained why she liked the result: “It’s important to maximize the moment, and turn a negative into a positive. We clearly did that.