A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart and the rest of the WNBA All-Stars wore Brittney Griner’s name and her No. 42 on the back of their jerseys for the second half of Team Wilson’s 134-112 victory over Team Stewart.
Everywhere except where the league's best players felt she should be — playing alongside them on the court.
Griner, 31, has been detained since February after police at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage. The eight-time All-Star pleaded guilty Thursday to drug possession charges that could see a sentence of to up to 10 years in prison. "We just wanted to make sure at some point that we were able to, on national television, obviously in front of a crowd, put Brittney's name in the forefront," Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird said."That was our way of honoring her."
"I practiced them yesterday and shot it a lot in the warmups," Jones said."I felt comfortable and confident shooting them." "We continue to work really hard on the transformation of the business to improve the player experience," Engelbert said.
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