Brittney Griner, the Phoenix Mercury center from the United States who was imprisoned for most of last year in Russia, has reportedly signed a contract to return to the Women’s NBA club for the 2023 campaign
LOS ANGELES – Brittney Griner, the American women’s basketball star who was imprisoned in Russia for nearly 10 months last year, has signed a one-year Women’s NBA deal with the Phoenix Mercury, according to multiple reports Sunday.
ESPN, CNN, TMZ and other US outlets cited unnamed sources in reporting that Griner has rejoined the team she helped lead to a 2014 WNBA crown.
Griner said after she was released in a prisoner exchange last December that she planned to return to her WNBA career.
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