Brittney Griner: Done playing overseas, want to help detained Americans

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PHOENIX -- Brittney Griner will not play overseas again unless it is with the U.S. national team, she said Thursday in her first news conference since being released in December after a 10-month detainment in Russia. Griner also spoke of her concern for other Americans who are being detained internationally, what helped her get through her imprisonment, and her belief in her ability to return to an elite level in the WNBA.

Just because she went overseas, was used as a political pawn, was convicted then locked up for 10 months, did not make a dime while she was there....and missed an entire WNBA season, is no reason to be bitter.

Griner has matured and has become very well-spoken. It's very nice to see her back home, happy and doing what she loves to do. I hope some employment opportunities during the WNBA off-season open up for her. She's going to miss the money she was making playing for her Russian UMMC Ekaterinburg team. Given her recent experience, I can certainly understand her reluctance to play anywhere outside of the US again.

Griner won't play another international season

Brittney Griner was definitive on the possibility of leaving the United States to compete again, saying, "I'm never going overseas to play again unless it's to represent my country."

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She was at the White House Correspondents' Dinner last night.