A former Chicago Sky teammate was on the receiving end of Chennedy Carter’s latest flagrant foul on Friday.
The Sky met the Sun for the first time since Marina Mabrey asked to be traded out of Chicago and ended up in Connecticut.
It did not take long for Carter to swipe at her former teammate – as Mabrey, who came off the Connecticut bench, took a forearm to the face late in the first.
While Mabrey tried to get a shot up in the paint, Carter raised her hand to defend. However, her swat attempt was nowhere close to the ball and clocked Mabrey in the face.
Carter seemed to be intentional with the foul as she casually walked away. Meanwhile, Angel Reese met her with a handshake as Mabrey’s back hit the hardwood upon the contact.
Chennedy Carter hit a former teammate with a flagrant foul during Friday’s loss to the Sun
The flagrant on Mabrey comes two months after Carter’s infamous body check on Caitlin Clark.
In a 71-70 loss to the Fever in June, Carter rammed Clark as the rookie waited for an in-bounds pass in the third quarter. The foul resulted in Carter and the Sky getting labeled antagonists in the WNBA.
Friday’s flagrant foul was Carter’s fourth of the season, making her one away from an automatic suspension with 12 games left this season.
Nonetheless, Mabrey got the last laugh as she scored a game-high 24 points to help The Sun overcome a six-point deficit and win 82-80.
During media availability, Mabrey had an evasive answer when asked about the foul, saying: ‘There’s levels to this s–t so I’m not gonna fight with that.’
Marina Mabrey met the Sky for the first time since asking to be traded out of Chicago
Carter infamously body checked Caitlin Clark in a loss to the Fever earlier this season
Mabrey’s departure from Chicago raised questions about the locker room dynamic for the rising team. The questions were raised as Mabrey wanted out while Carter, Reese, and Kamila Cardoso started jelling together.
Ultimately, Mabrey explained that she joined the Sky to play for James Wade. However, he was let go last season and Mabrey did not like her role under Teresa Weatherspoon.
‘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].’
