Connecticut Solar guard DiJonai Carrington despatched a stern message to new WNBA followers who’ve tuned into the league due to the electrical rookie class led by the Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark.
Clark’s play and the remedy she’s obtained on the court docket has been a serious story line since she stepped onto the ground. Carrington guarded Clark within the Solar and Fever’s final recreation, and Carrington appeared to mock Clark for allegedly attempting to decorate a foul.
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DiJonai Carrington #21 of the Connecticut Solar performs protection towards Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever throughout the recreation on June 10, 2024 on the Mohegan Solar Area in Uncasville, Connecticut. (Chris Marion/NBAE by way of Getty Pictures)
On Monday, because the league took heart stage due to Angel Reese’s flagrant foul on Clark throughout the Chicago Sky’s loss to the Fever, Carrington addressed the brand new followers who’ve tuned into the “W.”
“Sadly for yall new fAnS, we don’t simply ‘shut up and dribble’ right here. Ya picked the incorrect league,” Carrington wrote.
Her put up garnered a ton of responses on X, together with from OutKick founder Clay Travis.
“Don’t watch us play basketball, mentioned the participant within the league nobody has watched play basketball for almost 30 years,” Travis wrote on X. “Some folks would relatively have a big a part of a tiny pie than an even bigger half, however a smaller share, of a gargantuan pie. That appears to be how most WNBA gamers really feel.
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DiJonai Carrington #21 of the Connecticut Solar appears on earlier than the sport towards the Dallas Wings on June 15, 2024 at School Park Middle in Arlington, Texas. (Michael Gonzales/NBAE by way of Getty Pictures)
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“Sadly, this mindset is fairly widespread in life. It’s an anti-capitalist, anti-growth, anti-entrepreneurial mindset, however it’s very actual. Should you haven’t already, in some unspecified time in the future you’ll expertise it in your personal life. The WNBA appears overrun with it culturally.”
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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) handles the ball whereas defended by Connecticut Solar guard/ahead DiJonai Carrington (21) throughout a WNBA Commissioner’s Cup recreation between the Indiana Fever and the Connecticut Solar on June 10, 2024, at Mohegan Solar Area in Uncasville, CT. (Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Pictures)
Carrington is in her fourth season within the league. She’s averaging 12.6 factors, 4.5 rebounds, 2 assists and almost 1 steal per recreation this yr. It’s her first season as a full-time starter.
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The Solar are 12-1 this season and sit on high of the WNBA standings.
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