The Latest Breaking News from Brittney Griner

The Phoenix Mercury are preparing for their WNBA season without teammate Brittney Griner

The 31-year-old WNBA star was detained by Russian authorities on 17 February

Before Monday’s draft, here’s a breakdown of what each team might be looking for in the next wave of WNBA players.

USA Basketball players express support for Griner after weeks in detention, say, ‘It could have been any of us’.

A’ja Wilson wishes that she and her USA Basketball teammates could do more to help Brittney Griner right now

Phoenix Mercury centre in custody after being picked up by customs officials at Sheremetyevo Airport in February and accused of smuggling cannabis oil cartridges

Germany, France and the UK reject Russia’s demand to pay for gas in roubles; Kremlin announces further sanctions for EU leaders

Most WNBA players have been hesitant to talk about Griner’s detention on apparent drug charges in Russia, hoping to avoid potentially hurting her case.

The US State Department issued a travel advisory on Tuesday warning that Moscow "may single out and detain US citizens in Russia" and repeating earlier warnings for Americans not to travel to the country. The warning was "due to the unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces"…