Brittney Griner says WNBA travel situation hit ‘rock bottom’ after she has

• Griner was heckled by comedian Alex Stein at a DFW Airport earlier this month
• She has become a divisive figure both during and following her imprisonment 
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Brittney Griner has bemoaned that her WNBA team wasn’t already flying private before the internationally convicted drug smuggler was asked questions relating to her patriotism and whether she had sex with Vladimir Putin in exchange for her freedom at Dallas Fort Worth Airport earlier this month.

‘I’ll say this – I think we should have already had the option to use a different airline, a more private airline, a charter flight,’ Griner said in a virtual press conference Monday. 

‘It’s a shame it had to get to rock bottom because I feel like waiting for something to happen, then making a change – you don’t know what that something’s going to be.’

‘Rock bottom’ for Griner was being approached by BlazeTV’s comedic provocateur Alex Stein, who asked both journalistic and juvenile questions of her while she was with the Phoenix Mercury. 

Griner refused to respond to Stein in any respect as he asked her questions, among other things, regarding the Merchant of Death – for whom the U.S. traded in exchange for her – and her affinity for America. Those questions particularly, have not been put to Griner since her return to U.S. soil in December. 

‘We’ve all seen what can happen in this world,’ she added. ‘When you play the wait-and-see game, you’re really playing with fire, you’re playing with people’s lives. So I’m glad they finally got it together and allow us to do this. It’s just a shame it took so damn long, honestly.’

Then-Phoenix coach Vanessa Nygaard confirmed following the incident with Stein, that the team would make travel adjustments to upcoming road games to avoid similar situations going forward. It is unknown what the succeeding and present travel plans are with both the team and WNBA revealing little for security reasons.

Stein released a full clip of his interaction with Griner June 11, in which he asked: ‘Was that a fair trade for the Merchant of Death? I know you kill it on the court, but he kills it in real life.

‘Is it true you had to have sex with Vladimir Putin to get released from Russia? Brit? What about his wife?’ 

Following Stein’s taunts, the Mercury were eventually escorted into a room at the airport to get away from the comedian. 

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