Brittney Griner Returns To Basketball Court docket Practically 1 12 months After Russia Arrest

Brittney Griner is seen throughout a apply session on Tuesday.

US basketball star Brittney Griner was seen smiling as she made returned to the court docket along with her group Phoenix Mercury practically one yr after she was arrested at a Russian airport. Her group shared a number of photographs of the 32-year-old athlete throughout a apply session. This comes simply days after Ms Griner signed a one-year deal to remain in Phoenix. Ms Griner was arrested on drug smuggling prices final February after a small quantity of hashish oil was present in her baggage. Her detention grew to become a significant world problem, deemed wrongful imprisonment by US officers.

After her launch and return to the US, Ms Griner has made a number of public appearances, together with at a Martin Luther King Day occasion final month. Her followers are eagerly ready for Ms Griner to return to the court docket.

“There she is,” Phoenix Mercury mentioned on their Instagram account on Tuesday.

Ms Griner additionally made her presence felt with a line she wrote on the whiteboard within the group’s locker room – a photograph of which has additionally been posted by Phoenix on Instagram.

Brittney Griner helped the US girls win the Olympic gold at Tokyo and Rio. She final performed for the Mercury in 2021, when she helped Phoenix attain the WNBA Last, which was misplaced to Chicago.

Phoenix’s season opener is ready for Could 19 at Los Angeles with the house debut two nights later towards Chicago.

“I do know none of us will ever neglect what it would really feel prefer to welcome her again onto her dwelling flooring on Could 21,” Mercury enterprise operations president Vince Kozar mentioned.

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