Sandy Brondello, the Liberty’s new head coach, has worked with Brittney Griner when both were with the Phoenix Mercury and now with Han Xu in New York. The two players are among the tallest players ever in WNBA, Griner at 6’9” and Han at 6’10” So Brondello knows something about post players in the women’s league.
Brondello whose husband Olaf Lange helped develop Griner into one of the WNBA’s top players in Phoenix, thinks Han has that same potential.
“He worked a lot with [6-9 Brittney Griner] in her early years in Phoenix, too, and Hanie’s way ahead of BG,” Brondello told Newsday’s Brian Heyman.