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Chennedy Carter had one thing to say on Wednesday.
The Chicago Sky guard addressed ESPN’s rankings of the WNBA’s 25 finest gamers, which had her ranked twenty fourth within the league, in an Instagram story. Carter expressed clear disagreement along with her placement on the listing.
“How I average less minutes and my stats top in the league? But I am at the BOTTOM this isn’t adding up, the hate be so obvious,” she wrote. “F/G (field goal) percentage as well.”
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The listing had Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson ranked on the prime of the listing with the New York Liberty’s Breanna Stewart coming in second. Meanwhile, Indiana Fever rookie phenom Caitlin Clark, who Carter aggressively knocked to the bottom in a sport in early June and has criticized on-line since, ranked fifteenth.
Carter is appropriate in that she averages fewer minutes per sport than lots of her friends above her on the listing, together with Clark. Carter has averaged simply 25.1 minutes per sport, which is the fewest of any participant within the WNBA’s prime 33 gamers in factors per sport this yr and fewer than any participant greater than her on the listing.
Carter has averaged simply 25.1 factors per sport this yr whereas averaging 17.2 factors per sport – 0.1 factors greater than Clark. Carter’s 51.8 area purpose proportion can also be the sixth better of any participant on ESPN’s listing.
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, left, is guarded by Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter on June 1, 2024, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)
Only Wilson, Dearica Hamby and Nneka Ogwumike are scoring at a extra environment friendly charge amongst gamers within the prime 12 in factors per sport.
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But Carter has additionally put herself on the middle of controversy ever since her notorious hip-check on Clark on June 1 that despatched the rookie star falling to the ground. Carter then refused to reply for the incident on the postgame press convention however used her social media to repeatedly lambaste Clark.
Carter appreciated posts that stated the Fever had no person defending Clark on the ground and suggesting that Clark flopped to the court docket when Carter pushed her. There had been a number of different posts criticizing those that could have been tuning into the league for the primary time this season and weighing in on the incident. Another put up took situation with the Clark query.
Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter, left, guards Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark on June 1, 2024, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)
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“Troll notifications blowing up. I love it,” Carter wrote on X.
Carter occasion went as far as to decrease Clark’s basketball abilities past 3-point taking pictures.
“That’s that on that cause beside 3-point shooting what does she bring to the table man,” Carter wrote in reply to a put up about her postgame press convention on Threads.
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