Chennedy Carter (/ˈkɛnədi/ KEN-ə-dee;[1] born November 14, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Texas A&M Aggies. In April 2019, Carter was named an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press.[2] Carter was chosen fourth overall in the 2020 WNBA Draft by the Atlanta Dream.

Early life

Carter grew up in Mansfield, Texas, with three brothers.[3] When she was in grade school, she wanted to be like basketball player Allen Iverson.[4] Her father would make her dribble a tennis ball in grass as a drill.[4]

Texas A&M statistics

Source[5]

Ratios
YEAR Team GP FG% 3P% FT% RBG APG BPG SPG PPG
2017-18 Texas A&M 36 44.3% 38.3% 79.1% 3.64 4.92 0.14 1.89 22.67
2018-19 Texas A&M 29 40.3% 35.2% 71.7% 4.76 3.45 0.24 1.45 23.31
2019-20 Texas A&M 23 45.2% 25.3% 72.9% 4.30 3.48 0.17 1.70 21.35
Career 88 43.1% 34.6% 74.8% 4.18 4.06 0.18 1.69 22.53
Totals
YEAR Team GP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA REB A BK ST PTS
2017-18 Texas A&M 36 298 673 69 180 151 191 131 177 5 68 816
2018-19 Texas A&M 29 238 591 58 165 142 198 138 100 7 42 676
2019-20 Texas A&M 23 196 434 21 83 78 107 99 80 4 39 491
Career 88 732 1698 148 428 371 496 368 357 16 149 1983

Professional career

Since she turned 22 in 2020, she was eligible for the 2020 draft. On March 29, Chennedy Carter declared for the WNBA draft, forgoing her senior season.[6] On April 17, she was drafted fourth overall in the 2020 WNBA Draft by the Atlanta Dream. She became the highest drafted player in Texas A&M history.[7]

WNBA

2020

In her rookie season playing for the Atlanta Dream in 2020, she became the youngest player in WNBA history to score 30 points at 21 years and 266 days when she put up 35 against Seattle (8/6). She was considered the top candidate for the WNBA Rookie of the Year award until she sustained an ankle injury in the team's loss to the Connecticut Sun. Carter was sidelined for six games. She returned to the court on August 30 and scored 26 points in 26 minutes against Los Angeles. She scored at least 25 points on four occasions, becoming the fourth first-year player to score 25+ points in a game for Atlanta. At the end of the season, Carter was named to the 2020 WNBA All-Rookie Team.[8]

2021

In July 2021, the Dream suspended Carter indefinitely for "conduct detrimental to the team."[9] It was reported that before the suspension, Carter indicated she wanted to fight another Dream player who had asked her to improve her attitude during a game.[10] Carter did not play again for the Dream after the suspension, and the team traded her to the Los Angeles Sparks for the 2022 season.[9]

2022

In her season on the Sparks, Carter played in 24 games and started two of those.[9] She averaged "8.9 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 16.4 minutes per game" in that season.[11] In March 2023, the Sparks waived Carter and were obligated to pay her protected $86,701 salary under the terms of the contract.[12] The Los Angeles Times reported that Carter had been benched for "poor conduct" during the season.[11] After Derek Fisher was fired as the team's head coach during the 2022 season, the interim coach, Fred Williams, did not play Carter for four games due to a "coach's decision."[13]

2023

Carter did not play in the WNBA in the 2023 season.[9]

2024

The Chicago Sky signed Carter for the 2024 season under head coach Teresa Weatherspoon.[9]

Overseas

In August 2020, she agreed to terms with Turkey's Elazığ İl Özel İdarespor for her first overseas season.[14] She left the team early because she was homesick.[15]

In 2023 she played for Bursa in Turkey.[12]

WNBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2020 Atlanta 16 16 25.4 .473 .375 .821 2.3 3.4 0.9 0.3 2.7 17.4
2021 Atlanta 11 11 25.5 .455 .111 .875 1.3 3.3 0.7 0.4 2.1 14.2
2022 Los Angeles 24 2 16.4 .450 .200 .745 1.9 1.9 0.6 0.4 1.8 8.9
Career 3 years, 2 teams 51 29 21.2 .461 .294 .809 1.9 2.7 0.7 0.4 2.1 12.7

References

  1. ^ "Chenedy Carter". USA Basketball. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  2. ^ "Napheesa Collier leads 2018-19 AP women's All-America team | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. April 2, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  3. ^ "Chennedy Carter". USA Basketball. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Swagger Like Us". The Players' Tribune. March 24, 2018. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  5. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  6. ^ "Three-Time All-American Guard Chennedy Carter Declares for WNBA Draft". Sports Illustrated. March 29, 2020. Archived from the original on March 31, 2020.
  7. ^ "Chennedy Carter is Highest Draft Pick in Program History". 12th man. Archived from the original on July 4, 2020.
  8. ^ "Chennedy Carter". WNBA. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020.
  9. ^ a b c d e Kwiecinski, Chris (May 29, 2024). "'The best version of me': Why being wanted in Chicago means the world to Sky guard Chennedy Carter". FOX 32 Chicago. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  10. ^ Nusbaum, Spencer (July 8, 2021). "How Chennedy Carter earned a suspension from the Atlanta Dream". The Next. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Sparks waive guard Chennedy Carter after rocky tenure with team". Los Angeles Times. March 17, 2023. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Sparks waive former lottery pick Chennedy Carter after tumultuous 3 years in league". Yahoo Sports. March 17, 2023. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  13. ^ Brennan, Clare (August 12, 2022). "Sparks' Chennedy Carter returns after Fred Williams' change of heart". Just Women's Sports. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  14. ^ "Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  15. ^ Hurd, Sean (July 31, 2023). "Chennedy Carter is not finished in the WNBA". Andscape. Retrieved June 2, 2024.

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