Dijonai Carrington threw out a major accusation.
Dijonai Carrington Issues Blunt Response After Caitlin Clark Incident Resurfaces originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
In what was the eye poke heard around the world, former Connecticut Sun and current Dallas Wings guard DiJonai Carrington jabbed Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark in the eye.
The incident occurred last September during Game 1 of the first-round playoff series between the Sun and the Fever, which the Sun won. Still, it recently resurfaced due to the growing popularity of "On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports," written by Christine Brennan.
As recounted in the Book by Brennan, she asked Carrington whether it was intentional. Also, she inquired about whether Marina Mabrey, her then-teammate, had laughed at the situation as fans on social media were speculating. Brennan confirmed that Carrington denied intentionally poking Clark, and laughing about it with Mabrey.
Following CNN Sports' sharing of excerpts from Brennan's book on the incident on Sunday morning, Carrington made it clear that she disagreed with Brennan's take on the situation.
The WNBA's Most Improved Player in 2024 took to social media with two messages that seemed to indicate she felt that Brenann was lying about the matter.
🤥🤥🤥🧢🧢🧢😂😂😂
— dιjonaι carrιngтon♛ (@DijonaiVictoria) July 6, 2025
Aside from posting a series of emojis, which feature the pinocchio-like nose growing emoji that indicates a lie, and the cap emoji that indicates the same, Carrington later posted an accusation of defamation.
"defamation of character atp 🥱," wrote Carrington.
While Brennan shared a quote that revealed a WNBA official told her that her questions at the time were "fine," she also included one from the same official that revealed that most WNBA players weren't ready for the media exposure that Clark brings.
"Unfortunately, most of our players have zero idea what real media exposure is,” the official said via CNN. “They don’t know what real coverage is, they have been shielded at college and then they come to the WNBA not knowing what real questions are. Frankly, our players just don’t get it.”
Aside from the Clark situation, an instance where Carrington accused Brennan and other Fever media members of "talking (expletive)" about her girlfriend and former Fever player, NaLyssa Smith, after she overheard them discussing her benching.
Needless to say, it seems unlikely Carrington will be buying a copy of Brennan's book.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 6, 2025, where it first appeared.
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