DiJonai Carrington was/is at the center of WNBA controversy after she poked Caitlin Clark in the eye. Even though both players are adamant that it was not on purpose, one Indiana Fever fan in attendance on Wednesday night did not agree.
The length of Carrington’s nails makes the woman look absolutely ridiculous.
All of the outlandish discourse began during Clark’s first-ever playoff game on Sunday evening. She finished the game with a black eye after an unfortunate play early in the first quarter.
During a WNBA playoff game on September 22, 2024, Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark was inadvertently poked in the eye by Connecticut Sun's DiJonai Carrington, leading to Clark falling to the ground and developing a black eye, though no foul was called during the incident. pic.twitter.com/5TmZK07rV7
— Mr Makiri (@MrMakiri) September 22, 2024
Carrington poked Clark in the eye. One particular angle of the incident led some fans to believe it was intentional.
🚨Video evidence suggests Dijonai Carrington may have intentionally hit Caitlin Clark early in the first quarter of the Sun v. Fever playoff game, resulting in a black eye.
— The Boston Post (@ABostonPost) September 23, 2024
No foul was called. The #WNBA needs to investigate immediately. Does this look unintentional to you? pic.twitter.com/ue2Sf03e9O
When asked about what happened, both Clark and Carrington brushed it off as an accident. The latter made it abundantly clear that she did not gauge the eye of the WNBA’s biggest star on purpose. The former wrote it off as a basketball play.
Even though there is no bad blood between them, a large number of Clark supporters tried to make the eye poke something that it is not. They, and others, also tried to make it about race.
I am not going to do that.
However, one woman in attendance at Game 2 is being labeled (by others) as racist for her outfit— which is the entire focus of this article. Her shirt was taped to read “BAN NAILS.” She also wore fake paper nails.
Carrington poked Clark’s eye with her left hand. The fan was making a targeted statement against her. Whether it involved race or not is up to your interpretation.
Here’s the real point.
DiJonai Carrington’s nails aren’t that long…
Even from the underneath angle, her nails do not stick out too far past her finger:
All things considered, the length of her nails is fairly insignificant. There are women in the WNBA who wear their nails much longer, with Angel Reese being just one of many examples.
To want the league to ban nails is pointless, but fine. To want the league to ban nails because DiJonai Carrington accidentally poked Caitlin Clark in the eye while rocking fairly short nails is absurd.