Speaking ahead of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) draft, commissioner Cathy Engelbert told reporters that the league is working diligently with ”everybody in our ecosystem” to ensure that Brittney Griner is returned home from Russia, where she has been held in custody for nearly eight weeks.
The Phoenix Mercury centre was arrested and detained on 17 February by the Russian Federal Customs service after the authorities allegedly found cannabis oil cartridges stored in her luggage at Sheremetyevo Airport.
