Diana Taurasi, the WNBA’s all-time leading scorer, says she is constantly heartbroken over the situation her Phoenix Mercury teammate Brittney Griner faces.
" by the U.S. government since her arrest at a Moscow airport on Feb. 17 when she was found with cannabis oil vape cartridges at the security checkpoint.
Griner was in Russia playing during the WNBA's offseason for Moscow-based UMMC Ekaterinburg women's basketball team. She has played there since 2014, and the organization had paid her $1 million per year. Griner signed a three-year deal with the Mercury for $664,544 in 2020. That's comprised of $215,000 for 2021, $221,450 for 2022, and is slated for the WNBA player maximum $227,900 next season.
Griner, 31, and Taurasi won the 2014 WNBA title together five years after Griner entered the league from Baylor.including her annual Heart and Soul Shoe drive that's helped nearly 2000 of the Valley's underprivileged since 2016“There are people that play in markets and never do a thing," Taurasi told The Arizona Republic. "BG’s done more in Phoenix than most people do in a whole lifetime in a city because that’s who BG is.
The 10-time All-Star also said she already is preparing to return to the Mercury for next season, in an interview with "You know, I started working out, so, the minute I start working out, that means I'm all in," she said in that interview."I'm ready to bring another championship here.
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