Brittney Griner, the WNBA All-Star who spent 10 months in a Russian prison before being released in a prisoner exchange in Dec. 2022, was not among the 12 players named Sunday to a US national team squad.

Griner was reportedly unavailable to play in the coming week but was able to gain valuable training time with the US squad, noted AFP.

The US players, as defending champions, have already qualified for the field at the Paris Olympics later this year but participated in the quadrennial qualifying tournament to help prepare for the Olympics.

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The U.S. women’s basketball team, which will select a final Paris roster later this year, is out to capture an eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal in France.

No response as yet from Griner though she said shortly after returning to the U.S. that she was done playing abroad…except for the Olympics. 

"I'm never going overseas to play again unless I'm representing my country at the Olympics," Griner said at her first public press conference in early 2023.

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