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Brittney Griner weighs heavily on mind of Team USA as FIBA Women's World Cup begins

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women’s basketball team as they prepared for the upcoming FIBA World Cup. The Americans have 10 championships in the World Cup and have won five of the last six tournaments, but the team is going to be without Griner after she was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison for taking vape cartridges containing oils derived from cannabis through a Moscow airport.

While Griner is imprisoned, she made a lasting impression on her teammates. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM United States captain Breanna Stewart poses with the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 trophy during the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 'Captains Call' media event at Cathy Freeman Park on Sept.

21, 2022 in Sydney. (Matt King/Getty Images for the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup) "I think we’re missing the fun-loving person that she was," Breanna Stewart said Tuesday. "Someone who could bring a group together and was able to hold a conversation with anybody and that shows how grounded she is.

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