DiJonai Carrington Blasts WNBA for Lackluster Promotion of Historic Sun-Sparks Game

[RandySF]

The Connecticut Sun and Los Angeles Sparks made a cool piece of history on Tuesday as the first WNBA teams to play at Boston’s TD Garden, where celebrities like Celtics players Jayson Tatum and Jrue Holiday came out to show their support among a sold-out crowd of 19,125.

But looking past the bubbling excitement and cheering fans, Sun guard DiJonai Carrington made it clear she had a bone to pick with the WNBA.

Carrington, who led all scorers with 19 points in the Sun’s 69-61 win, called out the league for not promoting their historic matchup enough.

“Imma keep it real all the time,” Carrington said in a postgame presser. “I feel like Connecticut as a franchise is historically disrespected... I think that there could have been a lot more publicity or promo from the top. Connecticut had announced that we were having this game probably almost a year ago, sometime right after last season, so there was ample time to do what needed to be done.”




https://fox2now.com/sports/sports-illustrated/456cfdeb/dijonai-carrington-blasts-wnba-for-lackluster-promotion-of-historic-sun-sparks-game/

[ProfessorGAC]

1. While She Has A Point...

...that point is weakened by the fact that the Sparks are tied for worst team in the league.
Selling a game between a dominant team (2nd nest record for the year) & the worst team in the other conference is tough.
I think it might seem forced; "trying too hard" in a sense.
If it was the Sun vs. Lynx, or Clark was involved (household name/up & coming team), it may have been an easier historic event to sell.
Finally, the Liberty played at MSG this year, so I think this is a little less historic the DiJoani suggests.