The 32-year-old athlete missed the entire 2022 WNBA season by spending eight months in jail.
to stay with Phoenix — the team that drafted her first overall back in 2013.During that season, Griner averaged some of the best numbers of her career, putting up 20.5 points and 1.9 blocks a game. She also averaged a career-high in rebounds with 9.5 boards a contest.The former Baylor standout will suit up for the team’s home opener on May 21, the team announced.
Griner’s world was momentarily turned upside down after she was arrested for carrying cannabis oil at a Russian airport in Feb. 2022. She was then moved to a penal colony after a court rejected the appeal of her nine-year sentence, before being swapped on Dec. 8 in exchange
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