Brittney Griner has re-signed with the Phoenix Mercury, as first reported by Her Hoop Stats and confirmed by ESPN.
The contract is for one-year and $165,100.
Source confirms that Brittney Griner has re-signed with the Phoenix Mercury. Deal is one year, protected, $165,100. Precisely calculated to leave Phoenix just enough for two vet minimums and two base minimums in their final four standard roster spots. #WNBA #WNBAFreeAgency— Richard Cohen (@RichardCohen1) February 18, 2023
Source confirms that Brittney Griner has re-signed with the Phoenix Mercury. Deal is one year, protected, $165,100. Precisely calculated to leave Phoenix just enough for two vet minimums and two base minimums in their final four standard roster spots. #WNBA #WNBAFreeAgency
Griner last played for Phoenix in 2021, when the team lost to the Chicago Sky in the WNBA Finals. She averaged 20.5 points, 1.9 blocks, 2.7 assists and a career-high 9.5 rebounds per game that year.
But she missed last season while being detained for almost 10 months in Russia. She was arrested at a Moscow airport while allegedly carrying cannabis oil in her luggage. The U.S. State Department later declared Griner to be “wrongfully detained.”
After months of tense negotiations, Griner was exchanged in a prisoner swap in December. She later wrote in an Instagram post that she intended to play for the Mercury this season.