The star player shared a video to her page, showcasing several moments from her time with the Mercury before her detainment, including a brief clip flaunting her infamous dunks. Griner took to Instagram to celebrate her return.
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But Griner's pay cut reportedly allowed the Mercury to re-sign Diana Taurasi, the WNBA's all-time scoring champion and 10-time All-Star, as well as several other free agents to round out its roster. Her re-signing comes with a steep pay cut: according to Spotrac, Griner will earn $165,100 to play for the Mercury over the 2023 WNBA campaign, a 32 percent drop from last season and far less than the $234,936 supermax for which she was eligible. Griner spent nearly 300 days in Russia and last played for the Mercury in 2021, when she helped the team make it to the WNBA finals. "I also want to make one thing very clear: I intend to play basketball for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury this season, and in doing so, I look forward to being able to say 'thank you' to those of you who advocated, wrote, and posted for me in person soon," the athlete wrote on Instagram. Griner was a free agent but previously announced her intentions to return to the Mercury in December, when she made her first public statement since returning to the United States. The 32-year-old was released in December in a one-for-one prisoner swap for notorious international arms dealer Viktor Bout, bringing an end to an ordeal that sparked intense high-level negotiations between Washington and Moscow to secure her freedom.
Griner said she didn't mean to bring the cartridges with her when she traveled to the country to play in a Russian basketball league during the WNBA offseason. The star center was detained at a Russian airport in February 2022 and later pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the discovery of cannabis-derived oil cartridges in her luggage.
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