I’m Angel Reese’s 6ft 10in brother looking to win national title before entering 2025 draft and making NBA-WNBA sibling history
The Reese household is sprinkled with basketball stardust. Angel Reese is the WNBA rookie phenom who went toe to toe with Caitlin Clark in college before being drafted No. 7 overall by the Chicago Sky and shaking up women’s basketball. Reese has become one of the biggest stars in the WNBAGetty Julian ‘JuJu’ Reese is Angel’s younger brother, who’s looking to end his college basketball career with a bang and a national title before making the jump to the pros. 6ft 10in basketball prospect Juju wears No. 10 for the University of Maryland and is NBA Draft eligible after this season. Much like his famous older sister, Juju is a double-double machine, recently dropping 18 points and 10 rebounds in a 76-75 win against Villanova to improve the Terrapins to 5-1 for the season. Juju has already picked up two double-doubles this season, while having four double-digit rebound games, and is averaging 13.2 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.0 assist, and 1.0 block through six games in the Big Ten Conference. The apple didn’t fall far from the tree when it comes to the Reeses. Juju and Angel, whose parents are former hoopers, grew up playing basketball together in Maryland, and both attended the same high school, St. Frances Academy in Baltimore. The 21-year-old Juju had multiple college offers when he was a high school talent and the nation’s No. 48 prospect, but he chose Maryland as he wanted to represent his local team. Angel also suited up for the Terrapins women’s team from 2020 to 2022. That was before she transferred to LSU where she defeated Clark in an epic national title game and became a mainstream star raking in millions of dollars in NIL deals. Juju is currently the starting forward for Maryland, where he has played for three seasons so far, starting in his freshman year. Reese broke out as a sophomore, posting the third-highest single-season field goal percentage in program history (63.2 percent), starring for a team that reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Juju is in his senior year and NBA Draft eligible in 2025Getty The 21-year-old forward is averaging 13.2 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.0 assist, and 1.0 block through six games in the Big Ten ConferenceGetty The rising college senior has established himself as one of the Big Ten’s top big men in the years since. He averaged 13.7 points, 9.5 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game last season, which ranked among the top five players in the Big Ten in each of the latter two categories. The elite rim protector also posted the second-most double-doubles in the Big Ten last season (15), behind former Purdue giant Zach Edey who’s now suiting up for the Memphis Grizzlies and throwing down Ja Morant‘s alley-oops. “He knows our drop coverage really well,” Maryland head coach Kevin Willard said of Reese in March 2024. “He’s a smart basketball player. So it makes life on everybody else a little bit easier. “And he’s 6-foot-10, he’s physical, and he throws his body around, which really helps in this league.” Juju is an elite rim protector who could be a late second-round pick in the 2025 NBA DraftGetty If Reese is drafted he and big sister Angel would become only the seventh siblings to suit up in the NBA/WNBAGetty Juju and Angel have remained close throughout the latter’s ascension to superstardom. The two siblings often credit each other with helping to shape their careers, with Juju even called her ‘an inspiration’ in one viral video. “Consistency is [key emoji],” Angel recently commented after Juju posted a season-high 21 points. In 2022, the Sky star told Sports Illustrated that she always brings up he brother whenever businesses tell her they’re looking for a male athlete to partner with for prospective endorsements deals. “They’re like, ‘Do you know any players?’ And I’m like, ‘My brother?’ ” she said. “I try to include him in as many deals as I can because once I’m able to leave here [Maryland], hopefully we can sign with the same agency and do everything together, and my mom can just be right there, too. I think it’ll be easy for both of us.” Juju will look to replicate what Reese did in college and win an NCAA championship at the conclusion of March Madness. The Terrapins star forms a potent one-two punch with five-star recruit Derik Queen, a 6ft 10in McDonald’s All-American center who’s a gifted passer and big time rebounder. “Yeah, I mean, I’m excited about it because they’re both great passers,” coach Willard said of Maryland’s frontcourt duo. “They’re both willing passers. I think you’re gonna have to guard one of them in the post. If you put your four-man on Derik, we’re going to post up Derik. If you put your four-man on JuJu, good luck. We’ll do a lot of high-low stuff. We’ll do some empty-side pick-and-roll things. In ESPN’s 2025 mock draft, Queen is projected to go 24th overall to the Dallas Maveric
The Reese household is sprinkled with basketball stardust.
Angel Reese is the WNBA rookie phenom who went toe to toe with Caitlin Clark in college before being drafted No. 7 overall by the Chicago Sky and shaking up women’s basketball.
Julian ‘JuJu’ Reese is Angel’s younger brother, who’s looking to end his college basketball career with a bang and a national title before making the jump to the pros.
6ft 10in basketball prospect Juju wears No. 10 for the University of Maryland and is NBA Draft eligible after this season.
Much like his famous older sister, Juju is a double-double machine, recently dropping 18 points and 10 rebounds in a 76-75 win against Villanova to improve the Terrapins to 5-1 for the season.
Juju has already picked up two double-doubles this season, while having four double-digit rebound games, and is averaging 13.2 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.0 assist, and 1.0 block through six games in the Big Ten Conference.
The apple didn’t fall far from the tree when it comes to the Reeses.
Juju and Angel, whose parents are former hoopers, grew up playing basketball together in Maryland, and both attended the same high school, St. Frances Academy in Baltimore.
The 21-year-old Juju had multiple college offers when he was a high school talent and the nation’s No. 48 prospect, but he chose Maryland as he wanted to represent his local team.
Angel also suited up for the Terrapins women’s team from 2020 to 2022. That was before she transferred to LSU where she defeated Clark in an epic national title game and became a mainstream star raking in millions of dollars in NIL deals.
Juju is currently the starting forward for Maryland, where he has played for three seasons so far, starting in his freshman year.
Reese broke out as a sophomore, posting the third-highest single-season field goal percentage in program history (63.2 percent), starring for a team that reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
The rising college senior has established himself as one of the Big Ten’s top big men in the years since. He averaged 13.7 points, 9.5 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game last season, which ranked among the top five players in the Big Ten in each of the latter two categories.
The elite rim protector also posted the second-most double-doubles in the Big Ten last season (15), behind former Purdue giant Zach Edey who’s now suiting up for the Memphis Grizzlies and throwing down Ja Morant‘s alley-oops.
“He knows our drop coverage really well,” Maryland head coach Kevin Willard said of Reese in March 2024.
“He’s a smart basketball player. So it makes life on everybody else a little bit easier.
“And he’s 6-foot-10, he’s physical, and he throws his body around, which really helps in this league.”
Juju and Angel have remained close throughout the latter’s ascension to superstardom.
The two siblings often credit each other with helping to shape their careers, with Juju even called her ‘an inspiration’ in one viral video.
“Consistency is [key emoji],” Angel recently commented after Juju posted a season-high 21 points.
In 2022, the Sky star told Sports Illustrated that she always brings up he brother whenever businesses tell her they’re looking for a male athlete to partner with for prospective endorsements deals.
“They’re like, ‘Do you know any players?’ And I’m like, ‘My brother?’ ” she said.
“I try to include him in as many deals as I can because once I’m able to leave here [Maryland], hopefully we can sign with the same agency and do everything together, and my mom can just be right there, too. I think it’ll be easy for both of us.”
Juju will look to replicate what Reese did in college and win an NCAA championship at the conclusion of March Madness.
The Terrapins star forms a potent one-two punch with five-star recruit Derik Queen, a 6ft 10in McDonald’s All-American center who’s a gifted passer and big time rebounder.
“Yeah, I mean, I’m excited about it because they’re both great passers,” coach Willard said of Maryland’s frontcourt duo.
“They’re both willing passers. I think you’re gonna have to guard one of them in the post. If you put your four-man on Derik, we’re going to post up Derik. If you put your four-man on JuJu, good luck. We’ll do a lot of high-low stuff. We’ll do some empty-side pick-and-roll things.
In ESPN’s 2025 mock draft, Queen is projected to go 24th overall to the Dallas Mavericks.
Other projections list Reese as a potential second-round draft pick – like LeBron James’ son Bronny.
Juju is yet to declare for the draft, which will be headline by projected No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg, the Duke Blue Devils star who’s already lit up a Team USA basketball squad including LeBron James and Steph Curry.
Reese will look to be a part of that 2025 class. Should Juju make it to The Association, he and big sister Angel would become only the seventh siblings to suit up in the NBA/WNBA.
