Chicago Sky’s Chennedy Carter received a massive cheer as she checked in to Tuesday night’s game against the New York Liberty.
The guard returned to the court for the first time since sparking a massive controversy around the WNBA for her brutal bodycheck on Caitlin Clark in the Sky’s previous game against the Indiana Fever.
However, despite facing backlash to her flagrant foul, Carter received a hero’s welcome from the home crowd at Wintrust Arena.
Carter entered the game with five minutes remaining in the first period against Sabrina Ionescu and co. to a raucous cheer from the fans gathered in Chicago.
She went on to drop 15 points, three rebounds and one assist through the first three periods of the Commissioner’s Cup matchup.
Chicago Sky’s Chennedy Carter received a massive cheer as she checked in to Tuesday’s game
It comes amid criticism of the 25-year-old for her foul on the 2024 No. 1 Draft pick at the weekend.
The 25-year-old appeared to yell ‘you b***h’ at the former Iowa star before knocking her to the ground.
The Chicago player then refused to answer questions about Clark immediately after Saturday’s loss to the Indiana Fever.
Carter insisted on Monday night that she has ‘no regrets’ about her brutal bodycheck as she addressed the incident directly for the first time.
Then, on Tuesday morning, Carter hit out at her critics again on Instagram.
Replying to an ESPN post that included her quotes on the flagrant foul, Carter said: ‘Y’all don’t know me but think you know my story. Ahhh contradicting yourself’.
In a second post, she added: ‘So basically we can google Bs and no highlights alright lol.’
It comes after DailyMail.com revealed on Monday that the former fourth-overall pick has been traded and cut from teams in the past because of her off-court behavior – including one incident where she threatened to fight a teammate.
She went on to drop 15 points, three rebounds and one assist through the first three periods
Caitlin Clark was inexplicably bodychecked to the ground by Chicago Sky’s Carter
In July of 2021, she was suspended by the Atlanta Dream for ‘conduct detrimental to the team’.
According to reports around the time the suspension was issued , Carter got into an argument with another player on the Dream – Courtney Williams – who asked her to ‘improve her attitude’ during a game.
After the game ended, Carter went up to Williams in the locker room telling her she wanted to fight. Once that request for an altercation was denied, Carter backed away. She did not play for the Dream again.
For the 2022 season, Atlanta traded her to the Los Angeles Sparks where she didn’t get much playing time – averaging just 16 minutes a game and playing in only 24 contests.
She was waived in March of 2023. It was revealed by the Los Angeles Times that Carter had been benched the previous season due to ‘poor conduct’. It was further reported that interim coach Fred Williams benched Carter for four games due to a ‘coaches decision’.
After playing a season abroad in Turkey, Carter earned a camp invite with the Chicago Sky, which led to a roster spot.
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