Rookies aren’t known for being consistent.

It’s an unfair expectation. A debut season is meant for growing pains, for breathless highs and brutal lows. Yet in the first 24 games of her WNBA career, Angel Reese is building her name and fame on consistency.

Reese hasn’t finished a game with fewer than 10 rebounds since May 30. She broke Candace Parker’s record for consecutive double-doubles before the streak ended at 15 last week. And this steady success paved the way for Reese to be one of two rookies named to the WNBA All-Star roster that will face Team USA in Saturday’s All-Star Game in Phoenix (7:30 p.m., ABC-7).

Even after multiple record-setting performances, Reese shrugged off her accolades: “I just let my game speak for itself.”

But for the Chicago Sky — coaches, players and fans alike — Reese is providing a steady foundation for a future the franchise has been attempting to build for nearly two decades.

“I never have to question what I’m going to get when I’m out there with Angel Reese,” guard Chennedy Carter said. “You’re always going to get a dog. An athlete who’s going to fight, who’s going to compete. When we’re out there on the court together, I feel as comfortable as ever.”

It’s hard to define what makes Reese unique as a rebounder. That’s because rebounding isn’t a singular action. There’s no shooting form to study; it’s a mix of footwork, verticality, anticipation and sheer will.

Elite rebounding goes something like this: A player looks at her opponent and says “no.” And then she says it again. And again. And again.

Sky coach Teresa Weatherspoon described Reese’s rebounding as a state of stubbornness: “She does not accept the box-out.”

“It’s a want,” Weatherspoon told the Tribune. “If you can’t keep her off the glass, she’s going to go to the glass. And she’s not going to stop going.”