Female NBA players today paid tribute to All Star Game Brittney Griner, the jailed champion in Moscow on drug possession charges who pleaded guilty Thursday and faces up to ten years.
The number 42 jersey of the player, who has participated eight times in the All Star Game and twice won the points scored in the NBA, was brought onto the field and at half-time the athletes exchanged jerseys. black and orange with Griner’s name and number on the back. “She is always with us and our thoughts are with her this weekend,” said NBA Women’s Commissioner Cathy Engelbert.
The basketball star’s wife, Cherelle Griner, was also in attendance.
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