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Guard Chennedy Carter has answered all the questions the Chicago Sky have been asking this season, demonstrating that he is as productive as they come in 2024. She has ignited a spark in the Chicago Sky offense and set nets ablaze with an abundance of fireworks and explosions.
Her team, the spectators, and even herself have come to rely on this always captivating, spectacular caliber of play because it has become so reliable.
Their player spacing template and the way defenses adjust to who is where make her a firestarter unlike any other in the Western Conference. Her particular downhill style of play in the halfcourt isn’t the best right now (though it may have slightly improved with the recent Mabrey trade), but she can still slither through the tightest of spaces with her elusive and shifty movement patterns, which she does with a first step that’s second to none.
productive. This word has always stood out and was made more well-known by the late, great Nipsey Hussle, a mogel, entrepreneur, and rapper. It’s the term that, in my opinion, most captures Carter’s style and identity.
Since becoming a starter on June 16, her 21.4 points per game average ranks fourth in the W. Only 17 players have averaged north of 17 points per game since then. Her 51.7 percent ranks fifth in that particular group. From a broader scope, on the season, Carter is fourth in the league with paint points per game, at 11.2 per game. Zoom in and assess from the lens of Chennedy since becoming a starter, and that number has jumped in weight, to 13.2, and ranks at third best (!) – behind only Aliyah Boston (13.8) and A’ja Wilson (13.5). In by far the least minutes of anyone (excluding Brittney Griner, due to her returning from injury) in the top 25, it’s downright hilarious that she, with barely over 600 minutes played, is tied for the league best in 2-point and 1’s with A’ja Wilson, at 17 — with a great majority of Carter’s deposits coming in the last three weeks of play prior to the break.
