Connecticut Sun guard Marina Mabrey (4) reacts after a blow to the face during a WNBA game between Chicago Sky and Connecticut Sun on August 23, 2024. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Aside from the hard fouls, Carter, 25, has blossomed into an electric offensive player — in one notable performance, she had 34 points in a road win over the defending-champion Aces.
After Mabrey asked out of Chicago, there were questions about what must have gone down behind the scenes for her to want to leave a team seemingly on the rise, with Angel Reese, Kamila Cardoso, Carter starting to jell together.
Ultimately, Mabrey explained that her rationale, saying that she came to Chicago to play for a different coach — James Wade was let go last offseason, and former New York Liberty great Teresa Weatherspoon was brought in — and she didn’t like her role.
Chennedy Carter is called for a flagrant foul for her hit on Marina Mabrey. ion via x
Chennedy Carter is called for a flagrant foul after hitting Marina Mabrey. ion via x
“I came to play for James Wade, the system he had built and the vision he saw for me,” Mabrey told the Chicago Sun-Times. “I don’t like to jump ship, so he left and then I thought, ‘OK, let’s see what happens.’”
Mabrey continued, “After a while, it’s hard you came for one thing, and it didn’t really end up panning out to be the role, position, everything that you were originally planning on being in with [Wade].”
The Sun overcame a six-point deficit midway through the fourth quarter to win, 82-80.
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