Trump for Brittany, Whelan and the other americans in prison there works for me. Putin would enjoy making him cower for entertainment value in his last days on the planet
Sentence coming soon! Anything under 5 years and I bet she ends up serving a significant portion. Any takers?
Well, I hope they can work out a prisoner exchange for her. An evil weapons dealer for a stoner basketball player doesn’t seem like a good deal, but what are you going to do when you’re dealing with a thug like Putin? One thing seems certain, the number of American players willing to sign on with Russian teams just went to zero.
This sucks but it also sucks that other Americans have rotted in Russian prisons over cannabis...I think one got a 20 year sentence...I wasn't optimistic after we froze Russian assets and confiscated the yachts of their billionaires. We probably could have traded money for her with more success than a prisoner swap. Russia is broke.
Of course this is solid proof of Russia just being a bullshit country, but this also highlights the gender pay-gap of professionals in the USA. Many professional WNBA players end up playing for foreign clubs in the off-season for the extra cash, whereas NBA players do not. This doesn't excuse Russia, or even Griner's mistake, which wasn't hurting anyone else regardless. Just another thing to think about in context.
You should blame Americans for not supporting the WNBA then. If people actually cared about the WNBA, then players would be paid in relation to the general public's interest. As it stands, the league loses millions per year. Griner's russian team was formed in 1938. seems like the owners are billionaires or russian oligarchs or some shit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMMC_Ekaterinburg
I almost bought a Portland Fire shirt from Homage. https://www.homage.com/products/por...f7q3zp7B1jG67Al0MfsEmHnAseTWS4HxoCcHsQAvD_BwE
We just need rich ones who want to launder their illegal money and we can be just like the Russian teams!
