DiJonai Carrington surprises $639,881 teammate with wholesome gesture hours after hilarious jab

DiJonai Carrington surprised her Connecticut Sun teammate Marina Mabrey with a wholesome gesture hours after her hilarious jab at Mabrey, whose career earnings are $639,881 per Spotrac. During Friday's practice for Unrivaled, Carrington gifted Mabrey a set of seasoning ingredients and shared her reaction to the surprise on X, formerly Twitter.

"alright y’all I had to run to the store and get my girl right!! just a lil starter pack ! don’t worry , ima show her how to use em 😫😫😂❤️❤️," Carrington tweeted.

"You made me smile, I was sad before you came over here," Mabrey said in the video shared by Carrington.

This came after DiJonai Carrington took a jab at Marina Mabrey's post on X hours before in which Mabrey shared a snap of avocado oil spray, black pepper and pink salt coupled with a caption that read, "I can finally coook." Carrington reshared the tweet and hilariously questioned Mabrey's cooking skills.

"BAHAHAHAHAHAHA dawg, I spit my drink out. wtf are you making with these 3 things bro??? 😭😭 i gotta getchu right omg," Carrington tweeted.

While DiJonai Carrington and Marina Mabrey are currently teammates on the Connecticut Sun, they are rivals in Unrivaled, with Carrington set to play for Mist BC while Mabrey will represent Phantom BC.

The inaugural season of the 3x3 women's basketball league is scheduled to tip off on Jan. 17 in Miami.

DiJonai Carrington's Unrivaled teammates share birthday wishes

DiJonai Carrington turned 27 on Thursday, and her Unrivaled teammates celebrated her special day with warm wishes. Mist BC's social media handle shared a birthday post for Carrington that featured her teammates, including Breanna Stewart, Jewell Loyd, Courtney Vandersloot, Aaliyah Edwards and Rickea Jackson, sharing their birthday wishes.

"Hi, Nai. Happy birthday! Excited to be your teammate. Seatbelt," Stewart said.

"Happy birthday, Nai," Edwards said as she does the seatbelt celebration. "We're doing all season."

"Happy birthday, Nai Nai," Jackson said.

The 2024 Kia WNBA Most Improved Player expressed her gratitude to her Mist BC teammates in the comment section of the post:

"Awwww this is so sweet!!! 🥰 thank you mist girliessss🩵🌫️💺🔒," Carrington commented.

DiJonai Carrington is coming off her best season yet in the WNBA, averaging 12.7 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.6 steals per game. She shot 40.3% from the field, including 25.0% from beyond the arc, as the Connecticut Sun clinched the third seed before being eliminated in the semifinals.