After 11 seasons with the Phoenix Mercury, the 10-time WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner approved a one-year contract with the dream of Atlanta, said sources on Tuesday ESPN.
Griner, who spent her entire career in Phoenix, after she was collected in 2013, number 1 in 2013, goes to Atlanta in one of the most impressive commitments of the Free Agency in the history of the league.
The move can only be officially made on Saturday when contracts may be signed.
Griner's departure marks the official start of a new era for the Mercury, which could be without Diana Taurasi for the first time in two decades if she decides to retire. Taurasi and Griner won the franchise its third and youngest championship in 2014.
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The 6-foot 9 center missed the 2022 campaign when it was wrongly arrested in Russia for almost 10 months. It was finally freed in a top-class prisoner exchange and returned to the all-star form in 2023 and 2024.
Griner, a six-time all-WNBA selection, comes to Atlanta as the largest free agent in franchise history. She kicks a team that was also managed by Rhyne Howard and worked out the first overall of the dream in 2022, and Allisha Gray, for the Atlanta in 2023, exchanged university to run the team.
The Las Vegas Aces also examined the Signing Griner. After the former Storm Guard of the Seattle Storm Guard Jewell Loyd had acquired and evaluated their playing style, sources said that the aces are changing its attention to other post players such as Cheyenne Parker-Tyus and the attempt to re-sign the veterans Tiffany Hayes and Alysha Clark .
On Tuesday, the Mercury also concluded a contract Uncasville.
According to sources, Phoenix is also brought together with Satou Sabally, who has requested a trade in Dallas and speaks to Free Agent Dewanna Bonner.
ESPNS Shams Charania contributed to this report.
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