Another one was Mercury star Brittney Griner deciding to join the Atlanta Dream after spending 11 seasons in Phoenix. Griner was originally drafted No. 1 overall in 2013 after a stellar career at Baylor, so this is her first time not playing with the Mercury in the WNBA.

The Brittney Griner news has shaken the WNBA to its core. For the first time in her career, the three-time Olympic medalist will play for another team, as she left the Phoenix Mercury to sign a one-year deal with the Atlanta Dream. Griner announced the move in an Instagram post on Tuesday.

Brittney Griner, who has played for only the Phoenix Mercury in her WNBA career, reportedly is joining a new team.

Brittney Griner is testing free agency for the first time in her career after 11 seasons with the Phoenix Mercury.

There's a possibility that Brittney Griner won't be in a Phoenix Mercury uniform next ... That includes the WNBA defending champion New York Liberty's veterans Breanna Stewart and Courtney Vandersloot, Connecticut Sun's Alyssa Thomas, Las Vegas Aces ...

Brittney Griner is testing the free agent market for the first time in her career. Her agent says the All-Star center is taking meetings starting Tuesday with multiple teams.

Center Brittney Griner is expected to see what other options are on the table before returning to the Phoenix Mercury - the franchise she's spent her entire WNBA career with

Brittney Griner has decided to leave the Phoenix Mercury and join the Atlanta Dream in free agency. The Team USA star confirmed her decision in a post on social media. There had been doubts about Griner's future with the Mercury after she became an unrestricted free agent and expressed her desire to test the market.

Brittney Griner, a 10-time WNBA All-Star, will be joining the Atlanta Dream next season, she announced in a video on her social media. Griner had spent her entire 11-year career with the Phoenix Mercury since the team drafted her with the first overall pick in 2013.

Brittney Griner plans to sign with the Atlanta Dream, marking the end of her 11-year career with the Phoenix Mercury. Griner announced the move in a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday night, and her agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas, confirmed to The Associated Press that the star center would sign a one-year deal with Atlanta.

📰 Griner, of course, crossed into the wider cultural consciousness in 2020, when she began kneeling during pre-game national anthem performances to protest police killings and racial injustice. While playing overseas in early 2022, law enforcement at a Russian airport arrested Griner after finding vape cartridges with cannabis oil in her bags.