In a rally and prayer vigil held Monday on the steps of Toyota Center, leaders for the Rockets showed their support for women’s basketball star Brittney Griner, a native Houstonian who is being detained in Russia.
Griner, a seven-time WNBA All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medalist, has been detained for 107 days after vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis were allegedly found in her luggage at an airport near Moscow. The U.S. State Department reclassified Griner as being “wrongfully detained” by the Russian government last month.
According to Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle, Rockets head coach Stephen Silas, assistant coach John Lucas, and president of business operations Gretchen Sheirr were among those in attendance.
