Brittney Yevette Griner is an expert basketball player in the Women’s National Basketball Association for the Phoenix Mercury (WNBA). She is the leading competitor in NCAA basketball history to score 2,000 points and 500 obstructed shots. Griner played high school basketball at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
As a green bean, Griner’s 223 hindered shots set the unmatched single-season record, placing her as one of the best shot blockers in women’s baseball history. On December 16, 2009, Griner recorded Baylor’s first triple-double. Why was Brittney Griner arrested in Russia?
Griner was captured for opiate trafficking with Russia in February 2022. She was caught using marijuana oil vaporizers at the Sheremetyevo air terminal. It could look like up to 10 years in detention each time he found her guilty of the criminal charges against her.