Brittney Griner reportedly heading to Connecticut Sun
The nine-time All-Star is moving on after one season with the Dream.
Star center Brittney Griner is signing a seven-figure deal with the Connecticut Sun, per multiple reports. The move has Griner moving on from the Atlanta Dream after just one season. Notably, Griner was born and raised in Houston — where the Sun are set to be relocated in the 2027 season after being sold to the Fertitta family last month.
Griner joined Atlanta ahead of last year, signing a one-year deal with the team. She played an average of 20:46 minutes per game while sharing time at center with Brionna Jones. Griner averaged 9.
8 points, 5. 2 rebounds and 1. 2 blocks per game across the season.
Griner, a nine-time All-Star, spent the first 11 years of her career with the Phoenix Mercury, earning All-Star nods in nearly every season. (Griner missed the entirety of the 2022 while detained in Russia . ) She won a championship with the team in 2014, earning three All-WNBA First Team honors (2014, 2019, 2021) and Defensive Player of the Year twice (2014, 2015).