Brittney Griner is heading back to the Phoenix Mercury following her 10-month detainment in Russia.
Brittney Griner is heading back to the Phoenix Mercury following her nearly year-long detainment in Russia.
The 32-year-old signed one-year deal to stay with Phoenix on Saturday, the team that drafted her first overall back in 2013,Griner missed the entire 2022 WNBA season after she was arrested last February at a Russian airport for carrying cannabis oil. Griner spent eight months in a Russian jail before she was moved to a penal colony after a court rejected the appeal of her nine-year sentence.After months of negotiations, the two-time Olympic gold medalist was eventually swapped on Dec.
. President Joe Biden’s administration tried to get another detained American, Paul Whelan, home but the Russians did not agree for his release. Whelan, a former Marine, is still being held by Russia.on InstagramAfter months of strained negotiations, and an extraordinarily rare public revelation by the President Joe Biden’s administration that it had made a “substantial proposal” to get home Griner and another detained American, Paul Whelan, Griner’s case resolved on Dec.
During that season, Griner averaged some of the best numbers of her career, putting up 20.5 points and 1.9 blocks a game. She also averaged a career-high in rebounds with 9.5 boards a contest.In mid-December,“It feels so good to be home! The last 10 months have been a battle at every turn,” she said on Instagram after her release from a military medical facility at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where she underwent a freed prisoner reintegration program upon her return to the United States last week.
Griner also said she had “dug deep to keep my faith” that she would eventually be returned to the US throughout her legal battle.
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