Brittney Griner Reportedly Heading to Connecticut Sun

Star heart Brittney Griner is signing a seven-figure take care of the Connecticut Sun, per a number of reviews. The transfer has Griner shifting on from the Atlanta Dream after only one season.

Notably, Griner was born and raised in Houston — the place the Sun are set to be relocated in the 2027 season after being bought to the Fertitta household final month.

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Griner joined Atlanta forward of final 12 months, signing a one-year take care of the crew. She performed a median of 20:46 minutes per recreation whereas sharing time at heart with Brionna Jones. Griner averaged 9.8 factors, 5.2 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per recreation throughout the season.

Griner, a nine-time All-Star, spent the primary 11 years of his profession with the Phoenix Mercury, incomes All-Star nods in practically each season. (Griner missed the whole lot of the 2022 while detained in Russia.) She gained a championship with the crew in 2014, incomes three All-WNBA First Team honors (2014, 2019, 2021) and Defensive Player of the Year twice (2014, 2015).

In Atlanta, although, Griner had much less to do in a system that leaned extra on possession exterior the arc relatively than within the paint — Griner’s specialty, given the middle’s towering 6’9” peak.

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Now, the 35-year-old might be a key veteran presence on a really younger Connecticut crew, particularly provided that the Sun just lost Marina Mabreycertainly one of its few vets, to the Toronto Tempo. Of the gamers under contract4 (Aneesah Morrow, Saniya Rivers, Aaliyah Edwards, Leila Lacan) are beneath age 24; Diamond Miller, who was simply acquired in a commerce with the Dallas Wings, is barely 25.