WNBA star Brittney Griner set to return to Phoenix Mercury on 1-year contract: report

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Brittney Griner is fulfilling her promise to continue playing in the WNBA by re-signing with the team that drafted her No. 1 overall in the 2013 draft.

The star free agent has agreed to the terms of a one-year contract with the Phoenix Mercury, according to a report from Her Hoop Stats. The last time Griner was on the court for the Mercury, the team advanced to the 2021 WNBA Finals.

Griner is now set to return for her 10th season after she was detained for 10 months in a Russian prison.

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Brittney Griner #42 of the Phoenix Mercury during the first half in Game Four of the 2021 WNBA semifinals at Footprint Center on October 06, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona.  (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Griner delivered one of her best performances in 2021. She finished the season with a career-high 9.5 rebounds per game and averaged 20.5 points and 2.7 assists per contest.

She also averaged 2.4 offensive rebounds on the year.

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The 32-year-old did not play with the Mercury in 2022 season due to her detainment.

Griner traveled to Russia during the WNBA offseason to play professional basketball. She was arrested at  Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport last February after Russian authorities discovered she had vape canisters with cannabis oil in her luggage.

Following the arrest, the U.S. State Department declared Griner as "wrongfully detained."

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted from a court room after a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Aug. 4,