MIAMI — It is five months now into WNBA star Brittney Griner’s captivity in Russia, one the U.S. State Department has called a “wrongful detention,” and awareness spikes anew — but oddly, dubiously, ironically — thanks to basketball’s biggest star still, LeBron James.
From his throne, King James addressed Griner’s situation in the trailer for the newest episode of his YouTube talk show, The Shop: Uninterrupted: “Now, how can she feel like America has her back?” James says. “I would be feeling like, ‘Do I even want to go back to America?’ ”
Griner faces 10 years in jail under Russia’s rigged judicial system as the U.S. works behind the scenes to win her release, most likely though a prisoner exchange. In a letter to President Joe Biden she wrote, “I’m terrified I might be here forever. Please don’t forget about me.”
