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Brittney Griner Arrives successful the U.S. After Release From Russia
Brittney Griner has entered the court.
The WNBA prima is presently astatine Fort Sam Houston successful San Antonio, Texas—where she was taken aft being released from a Russian situation Dec. 8—and has dunked a hoops for the archetypal clip successful 10 months, according to her cause Lindsay Kagawa Colas, per ESPN. However, this airy workout doesn't mean Brittney is acceptable to instrumentality to the athletics just yet.
"If she wants to play, it volition beryllium for her to share," Lindsay told the outlet. "She has the holidays to remainder and determine what's adjacent without immoderate pressure. She's doing really, truly well. She seems to person endured this successful beauteous unthinkable ways."
And though Brittney has yet to marque a nationalist announcement since her release, Lindsay noted that she should beryllium acceptable to contented a connection "this week."
Along with hitting the court, the cause besides told ESPN that the athlete, 32, has reunited with her dada Ray and different household members implicit the play and adjacent got a haircut.
Meanwhile, Brittney's return to her location authorities of Arizona won't beryllium immediate.
"There's nary timeline connected her instrumentality astatine this point," Lindsay continued. "She's reintegrating into a satellite that has changed for her now. From a axenic information standpoint she's not going to beryllium capable to determination successful the satellite the mode she did. It's not a destiny that she asked for, but I deliberation she's going to effort to utilize her fame for good."
Lindsay explained that Brittney volition beryllium moving successful the aboriginal to rise attraction to assistance others who are wrongfully detained.
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The Phoenix Mercury halfway arrived successful the U.S. connected Dec. 9. She was released from Russian custody aft being traded for Russian arms trader Viktor Bout, who was 11 years into a 25-year sentence, which President Joe Biden signed disconnected on.
Brittney was held for astir a twelvemonth aft being arrested astatine Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport successful February for allegedly possessing vape cartridges that contained cannabis lipid successful her luggage. The star was primitively recovered blameworthy connected cause charges by a Russian tribunal and sentenced to nine years successful prison successful August.
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