When Chennedy Carter wore the Las Vegas Aces jersey this season, she was excited. After going through the Atlanta Dream, Los Angeles Sparks, and Chicago Sky since 2020 and being forced to play overseas in 2025, she wanted a fresh start. However, after just 13 games, the Aces unexpectedly waived Carter despite her emerging as one of the team’s most productive bench players. While the Aces and Carter have remained tight-lipped, five-time WNBA All-Star Angel McCoughtry believes something was going on behind the scenes.
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“(Chennedy Carter) is definitely my pick for the plot twist. And like we said, the plot twist is we didn’t see it coming. It took a whole 360 turn. Now, this girl early in the year looked like she was a Sixth Player of the Year candidate. She was averaging 13 points off the bench,” she said on the latest episode of Just Women’s Sport.
“Then out of nowhere, she just waved, and we don’t have an explanation why. And even Becky Hammon won’t even explain; she changes the subject… So to me, if somebody’s scoring 13 points off the bench, it’s not a basketball issue. No, you were doing well. No reason to cut this kid. Sounds like maybe some behavioral issues.”
There is very little doubt that her exit from the team had anything to do with her numbers. After all, she was averaging 12.2 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game. So could it have been that there were internal issues? Maybe.
When the Las Vegas Aces lost to the Dallas Wings on May 28, Chennedy Carter took to social media to voice her frustration over her role. She wrote, “Y’all can hollar at me when my leash is off, too.” Almost immediately after that, her minutes began to dip. But nobody really paid much attention to it until head coach Becky Hammon declined to comment on her departure.
“We aren’t going to comment on players that aren’t here anymore,” Hammon told reporters, refusing to disclose what went on internally between Carter and the Aces.
Chennedy Carter has a history of making exits like this. She was suspended by the Atlanta Dream in 2021 for conduct detrimental to the team. Then she was waived by the Los Angeles Sparks ahead of the 2023 season. And let’s not forget when the Chicago Sky decided not to re-sign her in 2025, even after she averaged a team-high 17.5 points for them in 2024.
But for now, no one outside the Aces organization truly knows why her stint with them came to such an abrupt end. She seems to be stuck in a loop that is proving to be hard to break.