Brittney Griner will miss the Phoenix Mercury's next two games to focus on his mental health, the team announced Saturday.
The Mercury said they fully support Griner's decision to miss games against the Chicago Sky on Sunday and the Indiana Fever on Tuesday, while indicating her break might be indefinite. The team said it will work with her on a timeline for her return.Mercury center Brittney Griner will not travel with the team on its upcoming two-game road trip to Chicago and Indiana to focus on her mental health.
Griner is midway through her first season since returning to the United States after her nine-month imprisonment in Russia, a story that triggered enormous attention — and in some areas, scorn — for one of the WNBA's top centers. Rather than take time off, she resumed her career as soon as she could.. Before being pushed away by Mercury security, the attention-seeker asked her a series of intentionally inflammatory questions and claimed she hates America.
In her 20 games played, Griner is averaging 18.2 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.7 blocks in 28 minutes per game, all numbers slightly behind her previous career norms but enough to
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