Griner has signed a new deal to stay with the Mercury, the league announced. According to Richard Cohen of Her Hoop Stats, it's a one-year protected deal worth $150,000. The unrestricted free agent told reporters in her exit meeting after the 2023 season she had no intention of playing anywhere else.
"Phoenix is home," Griner said. "Me and my wife literally just got a place [here]. This is it."
Griner has been a fixture with the Mercury since the franchise drafted her No. 1 overall in 2013. The 2024 WNBA season will be her 11th and the second since she returned from a 10-month wrongful detention in Russia.