WNBA Player Brittney Griner detained in Russia for drug paraphernalia

[playahaitian]

Source: Griner back with Mercury on 1-year deal

Brittney Griner has re-signed with the Phoenix Mercury on a one-year deal, sources confirmed to ESPN, after missing the 2022 season following a 10-month detention in Russia.

www.espn.com

Brittney Griner returns to Phoenix Mercury on 1-year deal

PHOENIX -- After being detained for 10 months in Russia, Brittney Griner fulfilled the promise she made to play for the Phoenix Mercury again in the 2023 season.
Griner, a 32-year-old free agent, signed a one-year, $165,100 contract with the Mercury on Saturday, a source confirmed to ESPN. She'll return to the team that drafted her first overall in 2013 for a 10th season.
The last time Griner suited up for the Mercury was in 2021, when she led them on an unexpected run to the WNBA Finals, which Phoenix lost to the Chicago Sky. She missed the 2022 WNBA season while in detention in Russia.

Griner had one of the best years of her career in 2021, averaging 20.5 points, 1.9 blocks, 2.7 assists, and career-highs with 9.5 rebounds per game, 2.4 offensive rebounds and a .846 free throw percentage.
Griner, who also played pro basketball in Russia, was arrested at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport in February 2022 after Russian authorities said she was carrying vape canisters with cannabis oil. The U.S. State Department had declared Griner to be "wrongfully detained."
After 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. 8 with a prisoner swap in which the WNBA star was exchanged in the United Arab Emirates for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Griner wrote in an Instagram post on Dec. 16 that she intended to play for the Mercury this season.
The Mercury open the season on the road against the Los Angeles Sparks on May 19. The team's first home game is two days later against the Chicago Sky.
News of Griner's deal with Phoenix was first reported by Her Hoop Stats.

 

[The Plutonian]

Source: Griner back with Mercury on 1-year deal

Brittney Griner has re-signed with the Phoenix Mercury on a one-year deal, sources confirmed to ESPN, after missing the 2022 season following a 10-month detention in Russia.

www.espn.com

Brittney Griner returns to Phoenix Mercury on 1-year deal

PHOENIX -- After being detained for 10 months in Russia, Brittney Griner fulfilled the promise she made to play for the Phoenix Mercury again in the 2023 season.
Griner, a 32-year-old free agent, signed a one-year, $165,100 contract with the Mercury on Saturday, a source confirmed to ESPN. She'll return to the team that drafted her first overall in 2013 for a 10th season.
The last time Griner suited up for the Mercury was in 2021, when she led them on an unexpected run to the WNBA Finals, which Phoenix lost to the Chicago Sky. She missed the 2022 WNBA season while in detention in Russia.

Griner had one of the best years of her career in 2021, averaging 20.5 points, 1.9 blocks, 2.7 assists, and career-highs with 9.5 rebounds per game, 2.4 offensive rebounds and a .846 free throw percentage.
Griner, who also played pro basketball in Russia, was arrested at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport in February 2022 after Russian authorities said she was carrying vape canisters with cannabis oil. The U.S. State Department had declared Griner to be "wrongfully detained."
After 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. 8 with a prisoner swap in which the WNBA star was exchanged in the United Arab Emirates for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Griner wrote in an Instagram post on Dec. 16 that she intended to play for the Mercury this season.
The Mercury open the season on the road against the Los Angeles Sparks on May 19. The team's first home game is two days later against the Chicago Sky.
News of Griner's deal with Phoenix was first reported by Her Hoop Stats.

Guess he need some smoke money. Moving on.

 

[D24OHA]

She probably ain't going overseas again so soon.....

She's gonna miss those checks....she probably used to use the WNBA money as trick money

 

[Piff Henderson]

She probably ain't going overseas again so soon.....

She's gonna miss those checks....she probably used to use the WNBA money as trick money

I mean she just has to be smart about it. Pretty easy to avoid any authoritarian countries that are at war and consider the US to be an enemy. She can safely go to any NATO country and earn extra money.

 

[RoadRage]

She probably ain't going overseas again so soon.....

She's gonna miss those checks....she probably used to use the WNBA money as trick money

I was going to snap back with a snazzy remark, but then I realized you typed checks not cheeks.

 

[World B Free]

 

[Entrepronegro]

Damn she look more built than Kevin.

 

[Piff Henderson]

Damn she look more built than Kevin.

You still wanna clap her cheeks?

 

[The Plutonian]

Ol Grimey. She’ll be ok bro

 

[praetor]

 

[Piff Henderson]

For all those people who want to protect women's sports from trannies should also be supporting it so these athletes don't have to play in hostile dictatorships to support themselves.

Just a thought.

 

[Dr. Truth]

She wildin, Russia isnt the rest of the world. That’s like saying North Korea made me not want to play in other countries.

 

[bbuzzard]

She wildin, Russia isnt the rest of the world. That’s like saying North Korea made me not want to play in other countries.

Man let that dude alone

 

[Duece]

For all those people who want to protect women's sports from trannies should also be supporting it so these athletes don't have to play in hostile dictatorships to support themselves.

Just a thought.

These niggas want it both ways.

 

[The Plutonian]

THAT"S A DUDE BRO!

 

[RUDY RAYYY MO]

For all those people who want to protect women's sports from trannies should also be supporting it so these athletes don't have to play in hostile dictatorships to support themselves.

Just a thought.

They made her wear underwear with dick holes

 

[Bad Andy]

For all those people who want to protect women's sports from trannies should also be supporting it so these athletes don't have to play in hostile dictatorships to support themselves.

Just a thought.

They get overpaid the for fair share of the NBA subsidized revenue they bring in. They don’t even play in the same arenas as their male counterparts but still want the same pay. These chics need a lesson in economics. Do like everyone else and behave themselves when they work overseas.

 

[playahaitian]

Griner resolves to use 'bigger' platform for good

After spending a few days mingling with a who's who of A-list celebrities, Mercury star Brittney Griner said Wednesday that the product of her newfound fame can be "overwhelming" at times but is also something she embraces as a "bigger outlet" for good.

www.espn.com

 

[playahaitian]

 

[The Plutonian]

He/she/her held that hug a liiiiitle too long. I'm thinking ol Grimey likes hotdog too!

 

[playahaitian]

Griner wishes WNBA was more proactive on travel

Phoenix center Brittney Griner said Monday she thought the travel situation with her and the Mercury got to "rock bottom" before it was adequately addressed by the WNBA.

www.espn.com

 

[Lexx Diamond]

That bitch should have been left of there to do her time.

 

[playahaitian]

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[Tiger_Hood]

 

[World B Free]

KD looks like he was 'bout to punch her with a quick jab....

 

[playahaitian]

Griner returns: 'It's OK' to take time for yourself

Brittney Griner returned to action Saturday and thanked the Phoenix Mercury for "making sure I was good" and letting her know that she could take time off if she needed to.

www.espn.com

 

[playahaitian]

Taurasi, Griner want to return to Mercury in 2024

Mercury legend Diana Taurasi plans to play a 20th WNBA season in 2024, and Brittney Griner, an unrestricted free agent, also wants to return to Phoenix.

www.espn.com

 

[RoadRage]

I think them Russians clapped her cheeks when she was locked up, and part of her agreement was to never talk about it, because something ain't right about her since she got back.

 

[cashwhisperer]

These niggas want it both ways.

pause

 

[Flawless]

I think them Russians clapped her cheeks when she was locked up, and part of her agreement was to never talk about it, because something ain't right about her since she got back.

Probably writing a book or making a movie about it.

 

[RoadRage]

KD looks like he was 'bout to punch her with a quick jab....

I tell you something in Russia made her less butchie! Only one thing I can think of can do that!

 

[Coldchi]

I think them Russians clapped her cheeks when she was locked up, and part of her agreement was to never talk about it, because something ain't right about her since she got back.

In Russia prison, her name was Brittney Grindher.

 

[The Plutonian]

These niggas want it both ways.

But it's really one way.

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Getting Griner Out: The inside story of her arrest, detainment and release from Russia

Key new details of the political, legal and diplomatic maneuverings that secured WNBA star Brittney Griner's freedom from a Russian prison.

www.espn.com

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

But it's really one way.