WNBA player DiJonai Carrington fires back at critics amid foul controversy

Controversial Dallas Wings subordinate DiJonai Carrington sent a connection to fans who deliberation she plays "dirty," successful a societal media station connected Wednesday. 

"Yall fAnS curse i’m specified a soiled player. I’m SO implicit this communicative bc if u truly cognize bball, u cognize I jus play hard asf & ne'er springiness up connected a play. & yup, we challenged the past mates flagrants & got em rescinded bc I’m ALWAYS tryna marque a play connected the shot nun more, nun less," she wrote with a bosom emoji.

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DiJonai Carrington, #21 of the Dallas Wings, reacts to a no-call during the 2nd fractional against the Chicago Sky connected May 29, 2025 astatine Wintrust Arena successful Chicago. (Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Carrington's station came 1 time aft the Wings’ matchup against the Seattle Storm connected Tuesday. Carrington was assessed a flagrant-1 foul successful the 4th fourth aft a deed connected Seattle's Skylar Diggins. Diggins sprinted toward the handbasket connected a accelerated break. Carrington chased her down and leaped to artifact the changeable from down and made interaction with Diggins’ head, sending the Storm subordinate crashing to the ground.

Carrington was past seen sitting connected the seat with her eyes closed.

Carrington's latest societal media station besides came astir a week aft an incidental during a crippled against the Chicago Sky past Thursday, erstwhile Carrington screamed successful the look of a referee, who past pulled a information defender successful betwixt them, seemingly for extortion from the WNBA player. 

Carrington responded to the incidental successful a station connected X connected Friday, suggesting the summoning of information was a "microaggression." 

"Security… erstwhile I’m virtually having a civilian speech is insane. Mind you, helium called the "sEcUrItY" implicit there…"

Carrington has outspokenly defended herself from evident disapproval that she claims to person received successful the past. 

She and Sky subordinate Angel Reese vented astir criticism directed astatine them by the league's newer fans during an occurrence of Reese's podcast, "Unapologetically Angel," successful aboriginal March. 

"They beryllium existent escaped astatine the mouth," Carrington said of her critics. "I cognize they deliberation it's trolls, but it's not conscionable trolls. It beryllium radical that we spot successful existent life."

Carrington besides said she isn't arsenic bothered erstwhile radical accidental she pays excessively overmuch attraction to her appearance, but she did accidental she "hates" erstwhile radical question wherefore she has blonde hair. 

"I hatred erstwhile radical speech astir that, like, 'Why bash you person blonde hair?’" Carrington said. "I got achromatic eyebrows. I got achromatic limb hair, achromatic limb hairsbreadth … and I don't care. I'm inactive a earthy blonde." 

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Carrington became 1 of the astir criticized players successful the WNBA past play amid conflicts with Caitlin Clark. 

As a subordinate of the Connecticut Sun past season, Carrington gave Clark a achromatic oculus aft poking her during a crippled successful the archetypal circular of the playoffs successful September. Carrington laughed with teammate Marina Mabrey aft the incident.

Carrington has said she did not intentionally poke Clark successful the oculus and that she was not laughing astir the incident. However, she appeared to marque airy of the contention implicit Clark's achromatic oculus successful an Instagram Live video successful October. 

In the video, Carrington and her girlfriend, NaLyssa Smith, who plays for the Indiana Fever with Clark, were successful their room erstwhile Smith poked Carrington successful the eye.

"Ow, you poked maine successful the eye," Carrington said. Smith apologized, and the 2 laughed. "Did you bash it connected purpose?" Carrington asked.

Carrington was already not successful the bully graces of Fever fans, arsenic she provoked them with a station successful precocious August, which read, "the Indiana fever person the nastiest fans successful the W. ew."

Carrington has besides prompted disapproval for her governmental expressions. 

During the "Unrivaled" league play successful January, Carrington wore a garment that said, "The F--- Donald Trump Tour" portion walking into Wayfair Arena successful Miami. Then, during a property league aft different crippled that month, Carrington declared it was clip for WNBA players to "take action" successful effect to President Donald Trump's policies.

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Connecticut Sun defender DiJonai Carrington, #21, and defender Tyasha Harris, #52, lukewarm up earlier the commencement of crippled 4 of the 2024 WNBA Semi-finals against the Minnesota Lynx astatine Mohegan Sun Arena successful Uncasville, Connecticut, connected Oct. 6, 2024. (David Butler II-Imagn Images)

"We spot that immoderate of the policies are already going into action, and, of course, that means that arsenic the WNBA and being astatine the forefront of a batch of these movements, it's clip for america to besides instrumentality action," Carrington said. 

"It decidedly needs to hap arsenic women, women's rights being taken away. Like, now, LGBTQ rights being taken distant now. They haven't happened yet, but decidedly successful the works."

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