Brittney Griner signing with Connecticut Sun ahead of move to Houston

Mitchell Northam, USA TODAYSat, April 11, 2026 at 3:52 AM UTC

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Brittney Griner is going to get the chance to play in front of her hometown crowd in Houston.

She'll just have to wait one more season.

According to multiple reports Friday evening, the 10-time WNBA All-Star is signing a seven-figure, multi-year deal with the Connecticut Sun. This will be the last season the team plays in Uncasville, Connecticut, before relocating to Houston following a sale to the Fertitta family.

Griner, 35, joins the Sun after spending one season with the Atlanta Dream, where she averaged 9.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game while shooting 51.8% from the floor.

The 6-foot-9 Baylor product has had a decorated WNBA career and spent her first 11 professional seasons with the Phoenix Mercury, where she won a championship playing alongside Diana Taurasi in 2014. Griner is a six-time All-WNBA selection, a seven-time All-Defense selection and a two-time Defensive Player of the Year.

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Griner has led the WNBA in scoring twice and has been the league’s leader in blocked shots in eight seasons. She needs just 18 blocks to pass Margo Dydek for the most all-time in WNBA history.

Her 55.8% mark from the floor is also the third best career shooting percentage in WNBA history, trailing only Sylvia Fowles and Crystal Langhorne.

Griner had a prime season of her career taken from her in 2022 when she was wrongfully detained in a Russian prison for nearly 10 months. In the season before her arrest, she was second in MVP voting to Jonquel Jones.

Aside from her accomplishments in the WNBA, Griner won a national championship with Baylor in 2013 and was twice named National Player of the Year while playing for Kim Mulkey’s Lady Bears. She also owns three Olympic gold medals while playing for Team USA.

In Connecticut, Griner will team up with a young core of Saniyah Rivers, Aneesah Morrow, Aaliyah Edwards, Leïla Lacan and Diamond Miller — the latter of whom the team recently traded for.

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