Caitlin Clark Didn't Deserve For This To Happen

Caitlin Clark just made her WNBA debut when the Indiana Fever played the Connecticut Sun in the first round of the WNBA playoffs. Caitlin Clark was poked in the eye early on by Carrington and there is a huge debate as to whether or not it was on purpose and if the eye poke affected Caitlin Clark's performance.
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[@daverae4064]

My feeling is all Edward Scissorhands should be removed from WNBA...

[@goofy3908]

ok that was funny, dammit why cant i get one of these for once

[@walterbrazil231]

Fire the WNBA President for allowing this crap........

[@sodapop.8316]

Cut those damn nails!

[@sodapop.8316]

Jealousy is an ugly beast. Grow up, women; you’re in the pros now. If it wasn’t or C.Clark, I wouldn’t know any of you. She alone grabbed my interest in basketball.

[@LynnElsley]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@maryseal7343]

Carrington needs fined 250,000s and suspended for a lifetime

[@22mikevu]

Assult ... jail time.

[@fafafohigh69]

Lolz

[@S_Cooper0404]

Carrington's jealousy meter is pegged out.

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

Carrington is a dirty player, of course, it was on purpose to hurt her.

[@Josephine504]

Are you slow?

[@ExplorationRandomDestination]

@@Josephine504 are you slow?

[@frankmarkovich5642]

@@Josephine504 So a Cobra Strike directed at her eye with finger daggers is ok? Your not right in the head.

[@Josephine504]

@@ExplorationRandomDestination you’re clearly slow. You just mad they lost 😭

[@Josephine504]

@@frankmarkovich5642 nah you soft

[@Arkuza55]

How many fking time do we have to say “fk these referees they should be fired” ever since cc came to the league for not calling a flagrant foul? She got stab in the eyes they keep playing? That’s so unfair.

[@darlawrence9295]

C'mon man... Look at the way she held her hand and aimed right for CCs eye. The Fever needs an Enforcer.

[@stevechambers9498]

The fever enforcer is the girlfriend of Carrington.

[@davefudurich4135]

@@stevechambers9498 That girlfriend should be dismissed .

[@SchillyBindler]

Perfect example of racism and jealousy from one of the W lesbians.

[@MarkFranklin-ws5jf]

Wait I'm coughing up a hairball

[@CareySullivan-cu3fw]

@@MarkFranklin-ws5jf 🙄

[@lisathomson8515]

Playoffs or not it is barbaric.

[@suburiboy]

that replay is crazy. It's like she is aiming those nails directly at the eyes.

[@martintimberlake2243]

BECAUSE SHE IS GOING FOR HER EYES VERY OBVIOUS EVIL👺👹💩

[@JM-tj5qm]

they craaaaaazy

[@hiddenleaf2]

She did

[@claire4006]

it's not "like" she is aiming those nails - she did aim those nails directly at the eyes

[@goofy3908]

carrington eyes was looking to make sure she hit the target in slow mo. cant imaging how vicious this chic is in real life nevermind on vid

[@nancywhitehead219]

Get the NBA officials to ref the WNBA playoffs

[@peterpeh3891]

The block looked innocent enough, but the moment the fingers turned downwards, and looked like a spear, and strikes Clark in the eye, it became a planned assault. A true accident would have seen the fingers remain pointed in the air, and not curled downwards, to snake strike on Clarks eye.

[@Daniel-e8d5c]

The bruise clearly show a punch to the flesh under the eye. A finger in the eye does not leave that mark., NOT AN ACCIDENT,

[@philipgibbs5751]

A criminal offence.

[@JimmyHossa]

Act like you’re swatting something. Happens every time

[@michaelsteven5558]

@@JimmyHossa Only at the very end of the swat, until then that hand remains fanned and flat. Joni aimed her fingers and then swept downwards. Normally a missed swat at the ball would result a slap to the head, not a jab with the fingers.

[@JishExists]

Absolutely disgusting behavior. Caitlin is bringing so many eyes to the W, I can't believe they don't appreciate that.

[@martintimberlake2243]

That's the problem she is bringing millions of eyes to the corrupt thug life welfare league called the WNBA all the betting is going to have to stop all the illegal gambling from the referees is going to have to stop the list goes on and on and on they want her gone

[@22mikevu]

That why W is standing for Worthless.

[@1satisfiedmind]

One eye poke can affect depth of field vision

[@hiddenleaf2]

It can blind someone. She didn’t care if she went blind.

[@ExplorationRandomDestination]

@@hiddenleaf2 Carrington probably end up getting bodied if she did that

[@eduardoante5581]

I saw a slow-motion video at an angle not shown in the broadcast during the game at a podcast last 09-22-24 and the eye-gouging of Carrington was 1,00% purely intentional. It should have been a flagrant 2 foul but the refs as usual doesn't give a sh*t when it comes to Caitlin. The WNBA should take immediate action on this or Caitlin can file charges prior to the next game, she could have lost an eye with that dirtbag action.

[@honymay2370]

thats assault 😡

[@aakashaessa]

and driven by racism is a hate crime.

[@JM-tj5qm]

Basketball players shouldn't be allowed to have long fingernails wtf. They can poke someone's eyes out

[@mariamonsegur9403]

It happened yesterday 😳

[@chrishughes9399]

So the jealous women took Caitlin out of any possibility of help. It's sad these women are so petty

[@ammoalamo6485]

From the other angle it looked intentional, especially the way she straightened her fingers like spikes and struck CC in the eye. I wonder why sharp acrylic spikes are allowed to be glued to fingertips when they have no use in game play except for vanity or to injure an opponent. Neither baseball or football would allow dangerous spikes, and they might even have some advantage other than causing injuries. If CC suffers a serious injury from this type of unregulated equipment and unregulated injurious behavior then I hope it is the end of the WNBA forever. The NBA subsidizes them with $15 million per year, which should give the NBA plenty of power to insist on removing those finger spikes, re-training the officials, or replacing the refs and the league president too.

[@TheIkeClanton]

toxic culture in WNBA

[@momsher1]

Pure jealousy of Clark!

[@deemeaks8135]

@@momsher1What? How?

[@BruceBennett-e5u]

What kind of league allows people to wear fake nails and eyelashes just to play basketball? This was totally intentional!

[@CaidianJohnson]

FACTS they should be banned

[@bissells]

Long fingernails and eye lashes are ridiculous in basket ball.

[@stargazer2.3]

Too bad you’re not there playing. No talent.

[@awruble9047]

And a wig as well it looks like 😮

[@22mikevu]

It make my skin crawl when I see them.

[@barrylichtenstein9893]

This was serious. Obviously intentional and Carrington needs to be suspended from the playoffs. Where the hell was Sides? Where were her teammates?

[@WeeShenanigans]

Hopefully, the Kareem Abdul Jabbar googles won't dilute her brand too badly...

[@ExplorationRandomDestination]

Shoulda been taken straight to the Doctor to check for tearing with the highest level of foul and suspension against the sun.

[@rjhemedes]

It's a deliberate foul. If the Fever lose in playoffs against the Sun, i hope the championship games viewership drops to 2023 levels.

[@McShaganpronouncedShaegen]

If this is not addressed by the league before the next game I am done with the WNBA. I also hope CC leaves the league for greener pastures, leaving this league on welfare until the NBA pulls its funding and that is what the league deserves. While there are some players that I have become fans of. They are not enough for me to care enough to make the time to watch.

[@toddstarkey6820]

I was really just starting to to get interested.

[@robertmurphy4458]

The Eye Poke, That was Intentional. Their motto is if we can't stop her, disable her.

[@22mikevu]

Very disgusting, dirty play, cheating, jelousy, and right down assulted.

[@TheIkeClanton]

sue Carrintgton for assault, the video does not lie

[@johnnaylor1706]

They should make them play w/o cat-like lady nails; wabt long nails, glue them on when ya not playing. Otherwise that happens all the time w/o intent and with the ladies, it could cause an injury. The defender's eyes never left the ball.

[@martintimberlake2243]

People see what they want to see we didn't have this view yesterday are the views that showed exactly what she's looking for she's a professional athlete and knows how to control her body don't be blind to the evil that is happening in front of your face all over the freaking world

[@BigAl53750]

WRONG! Carrington’s eyes were focused on Clark’s eyes until afte she struck her. That was as intentional as it gets!

[@BigAl53750]

You can see this in the footage from the angle where the camera is looking at Carrington’s back and you see her fingers close into an attacking pose, which anyone who knows martial arts will recognize. There’s no valid reason for her to do that and it’s as clear as day. It was as obvious as it could be.

[@YanniEhm]

In the 4th quarter, when the game was out of reach, a good coach, would take the all or most of the starters out, and put in the bench, to get payback on Mustard, and a few of the other thugs. You DON'T let anyone get away with going after your players.

[@fr57ujf]

You could see her point her fingers down as she dragged her hand across Caitlin's face. It was deliberate. Caitlin could have been blinded. Carrington should have been expelled and arrested. I love Caitlin, but I won't keep watching the WNBA if they keep letting this happen.

[@briansmith4724]

Time for CC to go to a Different league. F k WNBA I'm done

[@drgeatman]

it was intentional if you saw it!!!! boycott the wnba until they clean house and get their shit together. fire the commissioner

[@elizabethdacosta5601]

Of course that stab in the eye affected the rest of her game!! First there was the pain-bruising means blood vessels were broken. Second-her vision was probably affected somewhat. Third-the fear of what could have happened, it could have been a permanent injury! It is OUTRAGEOUS they are allowed to wear those long pointed fingernails. And why was no foul even called?

[@bruceroberts1713]

Carrington needs to get kicked to the sideline to never to be seen agin. All the new fans for the WNBA should push the league to do something. Push the Refs be talked too big time.🖕

[@homeslice8819]

It's the opposing players and coaches, and officials that HATE Caitlin Clark. The league itself is sending a message to all the punishers that it's a-okay to physically harm Clark. And also, when it comes to her Fever teammates, they just barely tolerate her being on the team. And only because their crowds have doubled, people know some of their names and they're flying Charter, not commercial. Imagine what Pistons players would have done in retaliation had other teams continued to be abusive to Isaiah. And then there's the Fever coach. Terrible coaching. The one weakness in Caitlin's game is her inept defense. Caitlin is being shown nothing, not being coached in FUNDAMENTAL basketball. If Phil Jackson picked 12 mediocre WNBA players to form a team, their record at the end of the season would be 40-0. Bad bad bad coaching THROUGHOUT the WNBA. Lastly, when it comes to assaults like what we're witnessing, the punishment should be assessed against the negligent player regardless of whether she meant to do it or not. A rule that takes away any discussion on whether it was on purpose or an accident would put a halt to "accidental" fouls real quick.

[@DonaldBruceSmith]

There is a reason why DiJonai Carrington as well as the other players who laid uncalled flagrant fouls on Clark, and the called flagrant fouls got away with this "Prison Ball Basketball Play" on CC22, The reason is that the top players on the top teams get that special Whistle - the one whistle that allows them to play "physical Basketball" which after all this is what the WNBA is all about. Players are allowed to play defense with uncalled hard fouls and when the other team plays hard basketball back they are called out by the Refs. The last point is that if CC22 calls out the Refs, which she has done, she gets more fouls called on her, as well as Technical fouls. DiJonai Carrington, Special Whistle. 2024 Fouls 40 Games, 100 committed, with 157 trips to the foul line, 1.5 to the foul line for every foul committed & Draws 2 fouls for every foul committed. Fouls committed, shoot 37, Off. 9: Fouls Drawn, Shoot 77, Off 28 Alyssa Thomas, Special Whistle. 2024 Fouls 40 Games, 84 fouls committed, with 145 trips to the foul line, 1.7 trips to the foul line for every foul committed & Draws 2.4 fouls for every foul committed. Fouls committed, shoot 28, Off. 20; Fouls Drawn, Shoot 66, Off 5 Here are the foul stats for the 12 teams, and their FTA & PFs and if you break it down by top players on top teams it is all the same. # 1 Liberty PPG, FTA 632, PF 559 - 73 more FTA than PFs # 2 Lynx, FTA 402, PF 372 - 30 more FTA than PFs # 3 Sun, FTA 440, PF 413 - 27 more FTA than PFs # 4 Aces, FTA 717, PF 646 - 71 more FTA than PFs, # 5 Storm, FTA 415, PF 346 - 69 more FTA than PFs # 7 Mercury, FTA 463, PF 434, - 29 more FTA than PFs # 6 Fever, FTA 649, PF 696 - 47 less FTA than PFs # 8 Mystic, FTA 331, PF 373 - 42 Less FTA than PFs # 9 Sky, FTA 337, PF 396 59 - Less FTA than PFs # 10 Dream, FTA 355, PF 408 - 53 Less FTA than PFs # 11 Wings, FTA 421, PF 433 - 12 Less FTA than PFs # 12 Sparks, FTA 370, PF 403 - 33 less FTA than PFs

[@martintimberlake2243]

Since Caitlin Clark came into the wnba I've watched every one of her games and hundreds of highlights she's been targeted from day one in junior high it's documented this has been going on for years why have we not even heard of this girl until the last couple of years, when she blew up the Woman's tournament With a little school from Iowa beating the big dogs. They know she's turning the league upside down they need to stop her, they make a lot of money on betting. They know all these extra eyes on them is not good they want to put a stop to it because Caitlin Clark is bringing a sea change to the WNBA. Everything will be done to stop it by the old guard. It's all VERY obvious if open our eyeballs. But it's kind of human nature not to want to see so much evil and hatred in the world it's sickening to us. Thank you Lord for protecting Caitlin Clark and please continue to do so. AMEN

[@MarkFranklin-ws5jf]

News flash; D. Carrington is questionable for game 2 due to ingesting a na'lisa Smith hairball!

[@genegregory7097]

90 days in jail, probation, 200,00 fine.

[@fl3782]

Police have long nail, EMT have long nails, and contact sport also have long nails. Why? Just why?

[@martintimberlake2243]

Can't mess with people's culture if you make rules for them you're a racist hater

[@jrmerkle]

You are right, they shouldn’t ! Big risk for injury with infection.

[@VINO9411]

Totally intentional

[@danielgattuzo3065]

I watch a lot of Fever posters I like Mick analysis and just sheer volume of content, but DKM, man you have the best game reviews out there bar none and they are always worth the wait. You’re doing great! You know your hoops and it seems to me your are more interested in having excellent content than being the first to post. I appreciate the excellence. The accent and style just add to the experience too. Big fan.

[@martintimberlake2243]

I used to like Mick but he just puts out too much garbage now, It seemed like every 10 minutes he has a video, But I don't have time to watch a bunch of regurgitated nonsense, just way too much content trying to get clicks and subscribers I can't even watch him any more. it's too bad. Dkm, Awful coaching and John the Liquidator are some of my favorites. I see a lot of people stealing DKM material and putting on artificial intelligent voices, but it's his content, there's like 5 of them I've run across

[@danielgattuzo3065]

@@martintimberlake2243 My favorites are DKM and Paddocast sports. Those guys are the best doing it right now. They have the best takes and the most professional presentation of the KZbin group. I agree that Micks content is becoming less and less worthy of my clicks just because of the sheer volume, but as soon as I want to hear someone’s take on the news he has a video talking about it from his perspective. I shy away from John the Liquidator, he doesn’t provide much value since he mostly replays the press conferences which I already watch and I don’t perceive that he has a particularly good basketball mind. Also I don’t particularly like his format, what do you mean we have to go all the way up to Indy? That guy “Horrible coaching” on KZbin or something close to that name, really exposes the flaws in the defense. I am starting to like what he’s doing, but he literally yells at you for 5 minutes at a time while reviewing the different plays. Either way though, we must admit that we are spoiled for choice when it comes to Fever commentary. I have never seen anything like this for any other team I have followed in the past. May Grace and Peace be with you.

[@leggomyeigonosensei]

I actually saw an email thread within the Suns organization where they discussed sharpening their fingernails and trying to give Caitlyn a corneal abrasion to blur her vision. The assistant coach got nervous about the scheme, but their coach wrote back something to the effect that if one of the black players did it and got caught, they can just claim the media is racist and stereotyping the player as violent.

[@pappaflammyboi5799]

CC is probably going to have to start wearing head gear, both to protect her eyes and nose. If not, it's likely the other kitty kats are going to injure, possibly blind her.

[@SikoMC]

from the 1000 channels that popped up and cover WNBA games, you're one of the few i think is NOT AI driven!! nice video as always !

[@williamrissler473]

It was on purpose. She should suspended for one or more games.

[@jeffersonlee-i2z]

The entire Sun team are scumbags, that is why they choke in the playoffs every year, no discipline, no class!

[@michaelcopper7635]

So all you Companies that have endorsed Kaitlin Clark. You might want to protect her or she may not have her as an endorsement. The Reffs blind, commissioner is mute !!!😮😢😮 what’s new.

[@CharlieBravo39]

"Embarassing preformance"??? You fckn kidding me?? CC still fckn played the game half blind. I wouldnt call that embarassing.

[@DKM_Sports]

Embarrassing fever performance

[@JamesWilliams-USANo.1]

Absolutely INTENTIONAL. Carrington is trying to put her out of commission.

[@aakashaessa]

So the Sun cheated to win.

[@mnTD-un3uj]

How can they play with long nails?

[@franzjpacis8664]

Does wnba allowed long nails while playing...? bcoz said nails could do injury whether unintentional or intentional... Poor CC absorbing their hatred and unacceptable cheap shots.. clearly a flagrant foul

[@rektz2457]

Caitlin Clark was robbed for mvp!

[@Void5x]

To be fair to Carington, I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt and say she was trying to block the ball. But this might not age well

[@oldman66live]

She struck Clark's face with pointed fingers with her hand pointed down like a snake strike into her eye.

[@devonlindsay3879]

CC needs to file a report with the police - felony assault with malicious intent. And the refs need to be purged. And carrington needs to be kicked out of the wnba and heavily fined. And the commissioner must resign. And christie needs to grow some.

[@caseycravens7062]

FFS, the UFC doesn't allow assault like this, so why should the WNBA?

[@vickyduran526]

KARMA is real for all dirty players in WNBA and for hurting Caitlyn CLARK intentionally😠😠😠

[@michaelbarry8513]

CC is lucky she didn't lose an eye. Disgraceful.

[@mariamonsegur9403]

It shouldn’t be a 3 games it us playoff it should be 5 games and the one that wins 3 to be fair and every team gets a home game opportunity!!

[@antoniouy9704]

Any artificial ornaments not for protective purposes should not be allowed during games..false lashes, false nails, jewelry, wigs and even long nails...

[@MichaelDeIuliis-vh1fx]

Dirty players

[@JamesWilcox-k2q]

imagine an NFL game where the line judge doesn't watch the line,, but instead watches the ball

[@oneallynn3234]

They try to hurt her every game she plays in. It needs to stop.

[@lucascady4992]

This Is Playoff Basketball!! She shot like Shit!!

[@mos3780]

Clark is a shooting guard. Fever don’t have A REAL POINT GUARD that doesn’t make turnovers

[@thannydevitos2332]

At what point will players be held accountable? That's a clear cut attempt to jam your fingers into somebody's eyes. That's assault. Such an easy ejection/suspension ESPECIALLY after the replay... shit is sad dude.

[@ryanmorrissey6960]

4 for 17 and 2 for 13 from 3

[@claire4006]

see what you do with one eye

[@catsbythefire]

Definitely on purpose, such dirty players. Such horrible refs, WTF!

[@rolandchan123]

Honestly Fever has to work so much on defence, I'd go so far as to say they are one of the worst teams defensively. If it wasn't for their strong offensive performance after the break they wouldn't even have made the playoffs.

[@georgevalentin7404]

The Fans Have To Give A Ultimatum About The Flagrant Fouls That Caitlin Clark Keeps Receiving 19% Of The Flagrant Fouls Are Committed Against Clark! If This Keeps Up They Are Really Going To Hurt Clark !!!

[@barneyrice8502]

The Only Way The Suns Had Any Chance To Win Was TO Get Caitlin OUT Of The Game Because If She Was Shooting And Running The Fever The Suns Would LOSE SO Dijonai Carrington Raked Her Finger Nails Over Caitlin's EYE To get Her Out Of The Game So They Could Win

[@rstevens4824]

Hey the commissioner already said that she likes confrontation puts butts in the seats and she don't care who gets hurt.

[@casualcausalityy]

Boycott tomorrow's game if nothing is done by the league

[@TechnoMageB5]

DKM: Game 2 is in Connecticut. Game 3, if necessary, is in Indiana.

[@BSGA22]

That was intentional, there is literally no way to say it wasn't.

[@DGYSAM]

Look at the way she changes her hand position downwards into a claw to ensure maximum damage! How is that not deliberate?!

[@sergiofontanez1184]

Looking at the slow motion tape only a blind person will said that was not dirty

[@sinyard7]

I said it was deliberate last night. Of course, the TV announcers immediately said it wasn't intentional. No one likes or wants to watch these vile obnoxious thugs.

[@junetorres9900]

Just play the game, Cait. It's part of the game. Show your true self. As the saying goes, they cannot put a good woman (man) down.

[@101519e]

I wish the Fever coach could offer the players disciplined defense. This is where the coach is suppose to fix this hole. The players are smart and quick enough to implement a good defensive strategy. I am still strong on the Fever making the Finals. Miracles are real. Go Fever!!!

[@darrelljohnson7052]

Catlin should start wearing goggles and elbow pads with hard plastic edges...

[@Notaverybrightperson]

Shouldn't nails be cut in sport? I do boxing and even in highschool we were FORCED to always cut our nails to the point that i now feel uncomfortable when my nails grow.

[@jeremywright5036]

If I was CC I'd be wearing protective goggles after that. It's not the first time either. Greiner stuck his hand in her face earlier in the season.

[@billweg1463]

Well, the Wednesday game is going to be very interesting. The league has two days to make a serious response to the fans. If this is ignored there will be a major boycott coming.

[@Cpt_Guirk]

Dijon Mustard needs to be suspended for the series.

[@davkatjenn]

How in God's name does the WNBA allow the players to wear their fingernails that long? That is so stupid. Are they going to wait until someone's eye is left on the hardwood floor?

[@rwentowski]

Remove Carrington from the game

[@dusttodust915]

sorry but if you're known for being that dirty you should be suspended indefinitely. Or does someone really have to get permanently injured for the owners to start giving a fuck about the players safety.

[@kirkfifer5226]

Absolutely deliberate.

[@ArnoldSpencer-df3eu]

I would not be watching wnba if it wasn’t for catlin

[@AWBepi]

I always laugh when the opposing team half tackles her and then holds out their hands as though to say... oh! did I do that?

[@georgeclowser5487]

D. Carrington should be suspended for two games!!!!!!!

[@leggomyeigonosensei]

Clark might have to consider wearing goggles like James Worthy, Horace Grant, Jabbar and so on. They're out to get her and her eyes are her most important commodity to her game. They don't have to be prescription, just plano...which is what safety goggles are. She'll have to get used to them and how they affect her depth perception.

[@gordongrant444]

Yes, the Fever got outplayed. But I think you are downplaying the impact of Clark being stabbed in the eye. She couldn't see and was invisible on many possessions. Completely unlike her.

[@jacksoncoleman-burke2630]

they should not allow fingernails longer than 1/64 of an inch. plus they will keep deliberately fouling her until the wnba does something.

[@joeybuchanan5330]

CC just needs to go to Europe and play. Make more money and forget these wretched "women" 😂

[@kans6]

Well the fucking league better do something about this

[@georgehuerta1990]

I’m a big fan of Kaitlyn, but for what I can see in this game she was horrible on defense and she wasn’t the only one you never gonna win and playoffs playing that bad defensively I mean guys stay with your freaking man

[@MarkFranklin-ws5jf]

Why did Fever team not notice and complain before game that lunchmeat Carrington had illegally long fingernails!. Also, this just in: Suns guard D. Carrington, questionable for game 2 for ingesting a na'lisa Smith hairball

[@JamesWilcox-k2q]

eventually maybe the wnba will get some ref that ACTUALLY WATCH THE PLAYERS!!