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Imprisoned Griner gets support from USA Basketball teammates

USA National Basketball Team's A'ja Wilson, teammate to Brittney Griner who is imprisoned in Russia, takes part in a spring training practice session, Friday, April 1, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) USA National Basketball Team's A'ja Wilson, left, teammate to Brittney Griner who is imprisoned in Russia, and coach Cheryl Reeve, right, take part in a spring training practice session, Friday, April 1, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) USA National Basketball Team's Breanna Stewart, teammate to Brittney Griner who is imprisoned in Russia, talks to the media following a spring training practice session, Friday, April 1, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) USA National Basketball Team's Breanna Stewart, teammate to Brittney Griner who is imprisoned in Russia, talks to the media following a spring training practice session, Friday, April 1, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) USA National Basketball Team's A'ja Wilson, center, teammate to Brittney Griner who is imprisoned in Russia, and teammates take part in a spring training practice session, Friday, April 1, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) FILE - Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner (42) shoots over Indiana Fever forward Teaira McCowan (15) in the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. The United States stepped up its push Friday, March 18, 2022, for consular access to Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who is detained in Russia on allegations of drug smuggling, as a member of a Russian state-backed prison monitoring group said Griner was faring well behind bars. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File) FILE - United States's Brittney Griner (15) flexes her muscle after making a basket during a women's basketball quarterfinal round game against Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. The United States stepped up its push Friday, March 18, 2022, for consular access to Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who is detained in Russia on allegations of drug smuggling, as a member of a Russian state-backed prison monitoring group said Griner was faring well behind bars. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) FILE - Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner is shown during the first half of Game 2 of basketball's WNBA Finals against the Chicago Sky, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in Phoenix. A Moscow court announced it has extended the arrest of WNBA star Brittney Griner until May 19, according to the Russian state news agency Tass. Griner was detained at a Moscow airport in February after Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges. They were identified as containing oil derived from cannabis, which could carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)