Brittney Griner is lastly breaking her silence on her return from Russia … saying she’s tremendous grateful to be again within the United States — whereas vowing to play within the WNBA once more.
Griner launched an announcement on her Instagram web page Friday morning … thanking President Joe Biden and everybody else who helped get her out of Russian custody final week.
Griner shouted out her spouse, her brokers, her reps, the WNBA and extra in her notice … including, “It feels so good to be dwelling!”
“The final 10 months have been a battle at each flip,” she wrote. “I dug deep to maintain my religion and it was the love from so a lot of you that helped maintain me going. From the underside of my coronary heart, thanks to everybody in your assist.”
Griner additionally stated in her message that she’s going to play basketball once more — insisting she’ll be able to roll for the Phoenix Mercury this upcoming season.
“I look ahead to having the ability to say ‘thank you’ to these of you who advocated, wrote, and posted for me in individual quickly,” she stated.
Griner — who additionally shared a photograph of the second she was reunited along with her spouse — added that she’s going to do the whole lot in her energy to assist Paul Whelan and different detained Americans return dwelling quickly, too.
“Every household deserves to be complete,” she stated.
As we reported, Griner was launched from Russia final week — after the nation agreed to a prisoner swap for arms vendor Viktor Bout. She had been detained since February.