DiJonai Carrington hasn’t found a way out of the line of WNBA fire.
The Sky guard caught more heat Wednesday night after committing two more hard fouls in their 91-71 loss to the Valkyries at Chase Center only days after her ejection from a flagrant 2 on Sophie Cunningham.
The first came while the 28-year-old guarded Golden State’s Cecilia Zandalasini, who held the ball at the top of the key before Carrington seemingly scratched her face and hit her eye while trying to block a pass.
Zandalasini was quick to turn her back to Carrington and bent down while grabbing her face in pain.
Sky coach Tyler Marsh can be seen in the back of the video holding his hands up, seemingly coaching Carrington to keep her hands in the air while defending the ball.
The incident called back to Carrington’s similar move on Caitlin Clark in 2024 that gave the Fever star a black eye.
Later on, she jumped to get in the way of Tiffany Hayes’ drive to the basket but as the Valkyries’ veteran moved the ball around her body to put it against the glass, Carrington lowered her right arm into her opponent’s face.
The two incidents had fans riled up about her “signature” moves.
“And another one… DiJonai collecting eyebounds like they’re rebounds,” one fan wrote on X.
“DiJonai has to be banned from the @WNBA this person don’t belong in basketball,” another wrote.
“Dijonai Carrington always hitting someone in the face or head. She has to do a better job of controlling her hands and arms, because this is starting to look reckless,” a third user wrote.
Another said: “Carrington is dirty AF. And she’s delusional. Look how she pretends she didn’t just go for an eye poke.”
The scrappy plays came only four days after Carrington committed a hard foul that was later ruled a fragrant against Sophie Cunningham.
As the Fever player went up for a layup, Carrington whacked her in the face from behind.
Following the play, Carrington was ejected from the game. She went to the locker room and quickly took to Threads, writing “WHITE PRIVILEGE” while tagging the Fever.
The post sent fans and sports personalities around the space into a frenzy.
Cunningham said the foul call had “nothing to do with race” following the Fever’s 90-86 win.
She added, “Last year, I did the same thing and I got kicked out. And I deserved to be kicked out. There’s no reason even to play that card.”
Carrington later explained the post did not have to do with Cunningham and the call made by officials, however she did not clarify the reason behind the post nor why she tagged the Indiana franchise.
In response to a “Speakeasy” podcast clip from former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho, Carrington said she “never” claimed the assessment of the foul was considered white privilege.
“Try exercising your critical thinking skills, I know you studied psych,” she wrote on X. “Furthermore, I’m the LAST thing from ignorant or asinine when it comes to speaking on ‘white privilege’, do ya research on that one. I actually went to school, one of the top universities might I add, to educate myself on this exact subject. I would never use that term as a rhetorical weapon knowing the historical and social weight it holds without having the proper evidence to substantiate it.”
Carrington declined to expand on the Threads post when asked by reporters ahead of the game against the Storm this week.
‘‘I already spoke with people who potentially will have the agency to create the change that I’m hoping comes about from not just this incident, but ones in the past and that are obviously going to be coming up in the near future, probably,’’ Carrington said, per the Chicago Sun-Times.
The saga became another storyline within the WNBA, which has had its product flooded by the ongoing debate of transgender athletes in women’s sports.
The Sky and Fever meet again on Aug. 23 in Indiana.
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