PHOENIX METRO (AP)– The Phoenix metro Mercury claim All-Star facility Brittney Griner will certainly not take a trip for the group’s following 2 video games so she can concentrate on her psychological health and wellness.
PHOENIX METRO (AP)– The Phoenix metro Mercury claim All-Star facility Brittney Griner will certainly not take a trip for the group’s following 2 video games so she can concentrate on her psychological health and wellness.
The 6-foot-9 facility– that came to be a global tale throughout her 10-month detention in Russia in 2014– is balancing 18.2 factors and also 6.7 rebounds over 20 video games this period.
“The Mercury fully support Brittney and we will continue to work together on a timeline for her return,” the group claimed in a declaration on Saturday.
Griner’s outstanding specific period hasn’t equated to success for the Mercury, that have a 6-17 document and also discharged Vanessa Nygaard previously in the period.
The Mercury’s hard period and also training modification are amongst the numerous difficulties Griner has actually encountered in her go back to the WNBA following her challenge in Russia on drug-related costs that triggered her to miss out on the whole 2022 period.
Griner and also her colleagues were challenged by what the WNBA called a “provocateur” at the Dallas airport terminal in June and also she’s additionally managed a hip injury that triggered her to miss out on a handful of video games.
Griner will certainly miss out on roadway video games versus Chicago on Sunday and also Indiana on Tuesday.
