Top 3 Marina Mabrey and Dijonai Carrington clashes from the past as they become rivals to allies 

Top 3 Marina Mabrey and Dijonai Carrington clashes from the past as they become rivals to allies (Credit: IG/dijonai__, marinamabrey)
Top 3 Marina Mabrey and Dijonai Carrington clashes from the past as they become rivals to allies (Credit: IG/dijonai__, marinamabrey)

DiJonai Carrington and Marina Mabrey are new teammates on the Connecticut Sun after the team completed a trade with the Chicago Sky. Mabrey lands in Mohegan Sun Arena in exchange for Rachel Banham, Moriah Jefferson, the 2025 first-round pick and the rights to swap 2026 first-draft picks from the Sun.

After losing two games against the New York Liberty in the past week, the Sun are adding a notable offensive performer in Mabrey, who can fill up the stat sheets in several ways, as she did with the Sky prior to this move.

The trade means that Mabrey will be teammates with DiJonai Carrington. Under normal circumstances, this would be just another trade, but Mabrey and Carrington have clashed in the past, showing that there's no love lost between them,

X user @MsMeliss shared videos to remind fans about the clashes between Mabrey and Carrington before this moment. It starts with Mabrey telling Carrington to 'shut the f**k up' during a Chicago Sky vs. Connecticut Sun game earlier this season.

The second and fourth videos are the same but recorded from different people and angles. It happened in the 2022 WNBA playoffs when Ja Morant attended a Connecticut Sun vs. Dallas Wings game. After DiJonai Carrington touched her in the back, Mabrey trash-talked her, but Carrington wasn't having any of that.

"You need to be in the league for longer than 2 seconds to be -," Mabrey is saying in the video.
"Man, shut yo dumba** up!" Carrington replied to her.

The third footage shows Carrington waving her hair to Mabrey's face, seemingly shocking the former Sky player.

It is unclear how they will behave now that they're teammates, but for the team's sake, they need to put their differences aside and work together.

DiJonai Carrington reacts to Marina Mabrey, Rachel Banham and Moriah Jefferson trade

DiJonai Carrington shows she's not having a good time after learning about this surprising trade. The MIPOY candidate took to social media to react to this trade, using six emojis to explain how she was feeling about this situation.

This wasn't the only gesture she had with her former teammates, as she shared an Instagram story with a collage that included Banham and Jefferson. The Sky roster looks different now and it's up to these players to take it to the next level. Marina Mabrey's addition can be crucial for their aspirations, but how things work with Carrington remains to be seen.

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Edited by Abigail Kevichusa
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