Dream's Angel Reese has destroyed the "me-bounds" myth in 2026

For the third time in as many WNBA seasons, Angel Reese is on course to win the rebounding title.But the Atlanta Dream star is shattering a widely-held myth about her numbers in the process.From the start of her professional career, fans were surprised to see Reese enter the league as arguably its best rebounder already. To that end, a slang term was created in a bid to explain away Reese's gaudy rebounding figures: the "mebound."MORE: Angel Reese’s reaction said everything after Dream delivered major newsThe term caught on; Reese even trademarked it in 2025. The idea was that a significant percentage of Reese's rebounds came from hauling in her own missed shots.That was never really true, and it certainly hasn't been the case in 2026.According to Her Hoop Stats data, while Reese leads the