Nets' Kyrie Irving tells Biden to get Brittney Griner home: 'POTUS, do your job'

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Prior to the Brooklyn Nets’ home opener against the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night, All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving addressed the Barclays Center crowd before the marathon of a season got underway. 

But he had more than an encouraging message for the Nets faithful: Irving wants President Biden to bring WNBA star Brittney Griner back to the states. 

Griner, who is still incarcerated in Russia after being arrested for having vape canisters with cannabis oil insider her luggage while traveling through an airport near Moscow in February, released a message on Tuesday, her 32nd birthday. 

Kyrie Irving #11 of the Brooklyn Nets drives to the basket during the game against the New Orleans Pelicans on October 19, 2022, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)

"Thank you everyone for fighting so hard to get me home," her representatives shared. "All the support and love are definitely helping me."

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Irving wants more to be done so Griner can return to the United States.

"I appreciate us being able to share this floor together, all of us as brothers. But the big picture that’s going on in the world is free our sister, Brittney Griner. Please," Irving said to the cheering crowd. "POTUS, do your job. Everybody do your job. Please bring our sister home. We wouldn’t be doing our jobs to the best of our ability if we didn’t stand for what we believe in."

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