Brittney Griner will make her return to the basketball court on May 19 when the Phoenix Mercury kick off their 2023 WNBA season against the Sparks in Los Angeles.
Griner most recently played in 2021, when she helped lead the Mercury to an appearance in the WNBA Finals. Griner averaged 20.5 points per game in 2021, ranking second-best in the league, as well as leading the league with 1.9 blocks per game and setting a Phoenix franchise record with 9.5 rebounds per game."I do not think any of us will forget where we were on Dec. 8 when we heard BG was coming home or on Dec.
15 when she announced she intended not only to play basketball in 2023 but that it would be for the Mercury," Mercury president of business operations Vince Kozar said Tuesday in a statement. "And I know none of us will ever forget what it will feel like to welcome her back onto her home floor on May 21.
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