Griner, arrested in February on drug charges, was traded for arms dealer Viktor Bout in a prisoner swap carried out at an airport in Abu Dhabi. READ:
Griner, arrested in February on drug charges, was traded for arms dealer Viktor Bout in a prisoner swap carried out at an airport in Abu Dhabi.“I was shocked. I cried. Honestly, I cried,” said Dawn Staley, who coached Griner last year on the US team that won gold in Tokyo. “This is the moment we’ve all been praying for.“My prayers will continue for her strength and her family’s strength, that she can possibly get back to the Brittney Griner we have known her to be.
“BG’s strength in this process, her unwavering belief that resolution would come and the hope she displayed every day is what kept all of us believing this day would come.” Kim Mulkey, who coached Griner to a 2012 US college crown at Baylor University, told ESPN: “Brittney is on her way home where she belongs. Our prayers remain with her and her family as they recover and heal together.”
“I think it’s in her court. I would love to see her back on but if she doesn’t play again, that’s not a problem at all because she needs to take care of herself.”USA Basketball praised Griner for her “bravery and resolve over the last nearly 300 days” and added: “We look forward to seeing Brittney again when the time is right.”
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