Basketball legend Lisa Leslie has Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia on her mind.
Head Coach Lisa Leslie of Team WNBA smiles during the ATT WNBA All-Star Game 2021 on July 14, 2021 at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada."I AM ATHLETE" podcast
"So, what we were told, and again, this is all sort of passed along through hearsay. What we were told was to not make a big fuss about it so they could not use her as a pawn, so to speak, in this situation in the war. So to make it like it's not that important, or don't make it like 'Free Brittney' and we start this campaign and it becomes something they can use," Leslie said.
"That's what we were told. And I don't want to say who told us. I don't want to say who said that, but it's been kind of spreading through the women's basketball world."U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Wednesday that an official from the U.S. Embassy was able to see Griner recently and she was said to be"in good condition." The Russian government allowed the U.S. to give consular access to Griner weeks after her arrest was reported.
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