Brittney Griner has agreed to sign with the Atlanta Dream on a one-year deal. Griner had been with the Phoenix Mercury since she was the No. 1 overall pick out of Baylor in 2013.
"So free agency has been everything I wanted it to be," Griner said in the video. "I was able to find where I wanted to go. And honestly what led me to that decision ultimately was the team, the players, as individuals, and then also my family."
Griner missed the 2022 campaign when she was wrongfully detained in Russia for nearly 10 months. Griner returned to All-Star form in 2023 and 2024.
Griner joins a team also headlined by Rhyne Howard, drafted first overall by the Dream in 2022, and Allisha Gray, for whom Atlanta traded for in 2023.