Brittney Griner seems to be thrilled to be again on a basketball court docket with her WNBA staff โฆ judging by this glimpse the Phoenix Mercuryโs offering of her shoot-around sesh.
32-year-old Griner was all smiles Tuesday as she obtained some work in on the apply court docket โฆ only a couple days after she inked a one-year deal to return to her former staff.
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Remember โฆ Brittney hasnโt performed in the WNBA for the reason that 2021 season, when she averaged 20.5 factors and 9.5 rebounds to lead the Mercury to the WNBA Finals.
BG went abroad final 12 months to play basketball in Russia, however as you understand โฆ she was arrested at an airport simply outdoors Moscow in February 2022 after Russia claimed she was caught making an attempt to smuggle vape cartridges into the nation.
Brittney was detained in Russia for 10 months till December 2022, when she got here dwelling in a swap for high-value Russian prisoner Viktor Bout.
BG vowed to return to the WNBA as quickly as she obtained dwelling โฆ and over the weekend she agreed to a deal with the Mercury, the staff that initially drafted her with the No. 1 total decide in the 2013 WNBA Draft.
Found a word in the locker room, my mates ๐ค pic.twitter.com/OwA5IwxuSZ
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The season does not begin till May, however it seems like Brittney is prepared to make an announcement this 12 months โ she already left her mark on a whiteboard in the Mercury locker room, writing โIโM BACK MF!!โ
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