The WNBA commissioner says Brittney Griner's recovery is 'going to take a while.'
stepped off a plane in San Antonio, Texas, on Friday after being released from a Russian penal colony in exchange for a notorious arms dealer. Now, she needs"time and space" as she begins to recover, WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert told CBS News.
The WNBA commissioner said Griner's physical and mental well-being will be evaluated over the next day or so, and then the league is prepared to assist Griner"and will be there for her, whatever she needs, from a mental perspective." Brittney Griner gets out of a plane after landing at the JBSA-Kelly Field Annex runway on December 9, 2022 in San Antonio.Engelbert said she was grateful to the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs who worked"tirelessly" to help secure Griner's freedom in a one-for-one"They would tell me, 'We're all Brittney, all the time, full-court press,' every basketball analogy. But they really worked hard on getting her home," Engelbert said.
"We wrote her about every six weeks because we were in season. The players were missing her so much. The players were writing her inspiring letter back, short letter, but inspiring around her gratitude for everything she knew we were doing and I was doing and ... she really wanted to get home," Engelbert said. to charges stemming from the discovery of cannabis-derived oil cartridges in her luggage. She was playing overseas during the off-season to help supplement her salary.
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