WNBA star Brittney Griner looks set to debut a new look in the new year as she took to Instagram to announce her upcoming transformation.
The Phoenix Mercury center has been forced to undergo many hair transformations in recent years following her imprisonment in a Russian penal colony.
The 34-year-old was jailed in Russia in 2022 after being arrested at a Moscow airport and sentenced to nine years in prison on drug charges.
However, she was freed in December 2022 as part of a prisoner exchange between the United States and Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
However, during her ten months in prison, Griner was forced to endure horrible conditions, which even affected her hair.
In 2022, Griner’s Russian lawyer Maria Blagovolina revealed that the Olympic gold medalist was forced to cut off her trademark dreadlocks after they froze in the brutally cold Russian winter.
Brittney Griner revealed on her Instagram story that she is growing her hair
Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport and sentenced to nine years in prison.
However, just over two years after his release, Griner has revealed that he will be bringing back the hairstyle.
Griner took to her Instagram Stories to respond to a fan who asked her if she was growing her hair out.
‘I sure am! Curl BG was great but Dread head BG is better,’ the six-time WNBA All-Star wrote along with a photo of the top of her head.
The image, which was taken by Griner from above his head, showed his hair in the pre-location phase.
Griner, who welcomed a baby boy with his wife Cherelle in July, had been sentenced to nine years in Russian prison after being caught with a cartridge of cannabis oil while returning to Russia to return to play for his European team, UMMC. Ekaterinburg, in February 2022.
She was freed in a 1-for-1 exchange with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in December 2022 who has since been criticized for failing to return Paul Whelan, a US Marine imprisoned on espionage charges in 2018.
Amid conditions in the Russian penal colony, which she said made her feel “less than human” and even considering taking her own life, Griner was forced to shave her dreadlocks after they froze and spiders built nests in her hair. .
In his memoir, ‘Coming Home’, he revealed that he had to ask permission to shave his head.
The WNBA star was forced to shave her dreadlocks in prison after they froze.
Basketball superstar endured horrific conditions in Russian prison for 10 months
Since his release in a prisoner exchange, Griner wears his natural curls in a short style.
‘My dreadlocks had become knotted over the months. On IK-2, they froze together. “My frozen locomotives began to mold beneath that envelope,” Griner wrote. ‘It took three days to dry after I showered. During exercise on frigid mornings, I could literally feel a cold coming on.’
Since her return to the US, Griner has opted to show off her natural curls in a short style, but she’s now bringing back her classic dreadlocks for 2025 and the impending new WNBA season.
He averaged 17.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists in the 2024 season, in addition to earning his third gold medal with Team USA at the Paris Olympics.
Before Phoenix begins its new campaign in May, Griner is scheduled to compete in the 3×3 ‘Unrivaled’ league during the offseason, which has given WNBA players the opportunity to remain in the U.S. instead. to look for opportunities to play abroad, in Europe.