NBA Asks LeBron If It's Okay To Talk About Brittney Griner

NEW YORK, NY—“We just checked in with LeBron, and he’s given us the all-clear.”

Commissioner Adam Silver stated this when being questioned about the NBA’s plans to address Brittney Griner’s detention in Moscow. Silver was approached after a Summer League game on Tuesday night.

Griner, like many women's athletes across American sports leagues, went overseas to receive additional income playing professionally. She was arrested on February 17th in a Moscow area airport for allegedly purchasing two cartridges containing 0.252 grams and 0.45 grams of hash oil. When asking the local plug what this is equivalent to, he stated “It sounds like she wasn’t even smoking no real gas. This whole situation is wrong.”

LeBron James also came out with a public statement through an Instagram live video. The four-time NBA champion and Laker was quoted as saying the arrest and trial are “pretty messed up.” James then proceeded to turn up the speed on his exercise bike and flipped to the second page of Michelle Obama's Becoming.

With numerous players, coaches, and even advertisements giving their thoughts, the WNBA has been adamant in its stance to protest what many consider to be unjust detainment. Now that LeBron has released a statement, though, this should clear things up for the billion-dollar sports titan to maybe do something, anything.

“Griner is one of the most important players to the WNBA," said Silver, looking over to confirm approval from King James. "We’re glad to start the process to bring home one of our key investments…I mean…employees…urm…what I actually mean is people! Right Bron?”

When asked why the annual earnings for women players are 82.3% of what men earn, Silver said he would have to check in with LeBron about that, too.

To an even greater extent than the NBA, many are also calling for the Biden administration to step in and bring these talks to Russian officials. President Biden has been asked numerous times about what his presidency is doing to bring Griner home to Phoenix. On Tuesday, his latest response consisted of some incorrect babbling, a long story that included a 1960s racial slur, and then asking when he would get his afternoon Blueberry Blast popsicle.