DiJonai Carrington was listed as questionable for the Chicago Sky’s Aug. 23 game against the Indiana Fever because of a left foot injury, leaving her availability for Sunday unresolved just one day before tipoff. The update came after Carrington had already been held out of Friday’s win over the Golden State Valkyries for the same lingering issue.
The status matters because Carrington had only recently worked her way back into the lineup. She made her Chicago debut on July 30 after missing most of the regular season with a left foot sprain and two surgeries, and she has played just nine total games in 2026. In that stretch, she averaged 10.0 points and 3.3 rebounds per game off the bench, giving Chicago a useful scoring option as it tries to stay in the playoff race.
That is why the injury report drew immediate attention. Chicago State of Mind Sports listed Skylar Diggins as out with a right knee injury and Carrington as questionable for the Indiana game, while Aisha Coulibaly was removed from the report after recovering from a right knee issue. The Sky beat the Golden State Valkyries 73-70 on Friday and improved to 15-22 on the 2026 WNBA season, but the win came without Carrington, who had been unable to practice because of the foot problem.
The friction is plain: Carrington is now listed as questionable for the rematch with Indiana even though she already missed the previous meeting on Aug. 8 and played only four minutes in Chicago’s 90-86 loss before being ejected for a flagrant 2 foul on Sophie Cunningham. That makes this update less about a routine injury note than a real test of whether Chicago can get one of its most productive recent bench pieces back in time for a game it needs.
Chicago still has another turn quickly after that, with the Sky scheduled to host the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET. For now, Carrington’s status is the one to watch, because the report leaves open the most important question in Chicago’s guard rotation: whether she can go against Indiana or whether the Sky will have to keep waiting for her return to fully stabilize.
