Caitlin Clark Didn’t Deserve This To Happen 

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

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

One eye poke can affect depth of field vision

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.

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

toxic culture in WNBA

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.

Playoffs or not it is barbaric.

Get the NBA officials to ref the WNBA playoffs

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

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.

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

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.

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

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?

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

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

This one needs to go to court for felonious assault and battery. It was intentional, and should have resulted in an arrest. Caitlin could have lost the eye in this attack. And, no, she didn't deserve this or any of the other cheap shots she has endured this year. Without their leader, the team looked disorganized.

sue Carrintgton for assault, the video does not lie

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

Caitlin Clark is by far the most valuable player the WNBA has ever seen and they should be protecting her from these criminal assaults on the court. It is not so long ago in a College game a player was charged with assault- this needs to happen in the WNBA.

thats assault 😡

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

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

I have practiced and studied martial arts for over 35 years--all martial systems have eye striking techniques--this is what was used on Caitlin--after the swipe you see her fingers come together and with intention thrust forward aiming directly for the eye.-we only use this in the most extreme situations--this player needs to be released from the WNBA--she's emotionally unstable

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

In Australia, no nails allowed on court.

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

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 !

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.

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

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

Long fingernails and eye lashes are ridiculous in basket ball.

Caitlin Clark was robbed for mvp!

Carrington's hand went up, then her fingers pointed down and just poked Clark's eye straight

This is a serious situation where Clark should sue! This is a crime! It was obvious that her eye was targeted.

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

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

Nobody should have long fingernails while playing basketball.

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

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.🖕

Why is make-up, long fingernails, and fake eyelashes even allowed in the WNBA? What a joke of a league.

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.

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

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

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

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

It's always the same people that have these "incidents" with CC.

Damn i didn't realize just how obvious this was flagrant and on purpose! she looked at where she was goingand pointed her hand straight down towards her face! This is intentionally done no doubt!

Totally intentional

She actually formed her fingers into a "spear" and watches her hand go right into her eye.

The fact that is being ignored in this commentary is that Caitlin played all but the first two minutes of the game after being assaulted. It is so obvious that her vision was impaired from taking a poke from a fake fingernail in her eye! 😠

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

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.

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.

Guilty!! She knew she hit CC and didnt even stutter!!!

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.

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.

So the Sun cheated to win.

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

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.

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.

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.

1. UNDENIABLY it was INTENTIONAL (freeze frame shows the dirty defender's arm/hand/fingers were all raised straight up AND still rising/jumping up when Clark's pass was ALREADY LONG GONE from her hand, with the basketball itself ALREADY PAST the defender's hand and past her head. Absolutely no need to contact Clark 2. Moreover, the defender then -- rather than keeping her arm, hand, and fingers completely straight on the downward motion -- "inexplicably" cocked her wrist DOWNWARD in a SCRAPING motion and then "accidentally on purpose" THRUST her fingers and fingernails directly into Clark's face and eye. Just disgusting. 3. Despite Clark downplaying it, there is NO WAY the poke in the eye DIDN'T AFFECT the accuracy of Clark's shooting (likely her vision was/is slightly blurred); I have never seen her shooting "just off" the mark to such a degree. She needs to play future games wearing the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar goggles he made famous late in his career.

Carrington needs to be removed from basketball forever, she deliberately hit Clark in the eye. Watch the slow motion contact where Carrington rotates her hands down to aim for the eyes. Carrington needs to be removed.

It was deliberate and disgusting. Carrington should be suspended. And the WNBA should banish the talons 💅. Absolutely ridiculous that the W allows players to play with weapons on their fingers. I can’t even play in a damn pickup game with long nails. Scratch a baller and you’re rightfully shamed and banished from the court. Damn make this league make sense.

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 !!!

What fucking refs keep letting them target Catlin Clark

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.

Absolutely deliberate.

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

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

Coach knows that Its a planned act.

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

How can they play with long nails?

You can see in the slow motion of Carrington actually watching to control her hand so as she hits Caitlin in the eye with a finger! Watching even before it happened where if it were avoidable she could've avoided it! She was targeting Caitlins eye specifically! No foul when that was definitely a technical! The refs that don't do a proper job should be fined! I've never seen refs as bad as what they have in the WNBA!

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

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

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

Holly crap! Those are some claws😮 WNBA should get some nail clippers out before each game.

Carrington’s Targeted Attack on Clark: The fact that - as seen in the enlarged video of the event, which shows her back, standing over the downed victim - Dijonai Carrington. ends her downward attack-claw swiping motion with her back to Caitlin Clark and her palms already up in a plaintive motion to the ref (audience/teammates/bench?) feigning innocence of a crime whose consequences she lacked the nerve or conscience to turn to face. I see this orchestrated series of motions as - at the very least - evidence of a dangerous, vicious impulse unleashed, if not a totally premeditated, violent act. Whatever sanctions the league manages to find the spine to impose on the volatile and often limit-pushing competitive Carrington, with her widely-recognized predilection for unsportsmanlike behavior, this potentially career-ending - not to mention life altering - attack on another player should include a permanent prohibition from ever sharing a WNBA floor with Caitlin Clark. {Thomas G Rutenbeck}

If this is how my team wins I would feel nothing but shame.

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

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

So wnba saying candice parker better than clark? What a joke 😅

These refs call the game like it's a FIBA game. Very very different from the NBA that's for sure which protects the offensive play WAAAAAY more.

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

I've blocked a lot of shots and never have I repositioned my fingers that way. Just saying its looks real sus. She could have permanently blinded her or caused some sort of permanent damage that we will see in the future.

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

why are these "professionals" allowed to have fake lashes and long nails. You think the teams or the league would shut that shit down.

Dirty players

The Sun strategy is to hurt Clark, and so decrease her playing level, and win the game. It was intentional. Carrington did not show any sympathy or concern, but just continued playing off as if nothing happened.

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

That is not a missed foul, that is criminal assault. That player bent her hand and slashed her fingers directly into Clark's eye.

It was on purpose and it caused CC's depth perception to be affected, and she might not have noticed it, or would she use it as an excuse because she is a real athlete.

There should be a fine and suspension of the player, and an immediate league ban on long nails.

Dijon Mustard needs to be suspended for the series.

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

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

Marina Mabrey repeated the hand motion exactly just afterward, showing that the Sun had practiced this martial arts strike prior to the game.