Members of the Dallas Mavericks and Milwaukee Bucks were ecstatic that WNBA star Brittney Griner was released from
Griner had been wrongfully detained at an airport in Russia back in February for having cannabis oil and vape canisters in her possession. The former Baylor All-American and two-time Olympic gold medalist was eventually convicted and sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison and was subsequently transferred to a penal colony.
“Going through her trial, detention, and her being sent to the penal colony, it sounds like something out of a movie,” Bucks center Brook Lopez said.