NBA winner Robert Horry reported Monday he can empathize with Brittney Griner’s condition.

Griner was arrested in Russia in February and last 7 days was convicted of drug costs and sentenced to 9 years in jail. The future move is most likely to be amplified negotiations with Moscow for a possible prisoner swap.

Horry, who was at Clayton Kershaw’s Ping Pong 4 Goal charity party, advised WHD News Electronic in an interview he has an strategy of what the WNBA superstar is going as a result of.

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Brittney Griner is escorted by law enforcement ahead of her hearing in Russia. (Getty Photos)

"I had a good friend. He performed in Russia and he experienced a related situation and it is just rough on athletes who go there and perform. I know the dollars is great but for me, I’d be way too frightened to go because you never ever know when you’re gonna do one thing … but for Brittney, I just truly feel sorry for her," the 7-time NBA winner claimed. 

"You go above there, you do a little something you really like and you perform for that region, you do a whole lot of terrific factors for that place and all of a unexpected they have a prospect to punish you for one thing that you should not be punished for, it’s just incorrect. And hopefully, I know it’s weird to say ‘appeal and get back’ but with any luck , she gets back house quickly."

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American basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted of drug fees in Russia and sentenced to 9 years in jail. (WHD Photograph/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to Russian International Minister Sergey Lavrov past thirty day period urging him to acknowledge a offer for Griner and Paul Whelan, an American who was jailed on espionage expenses.

Lavrov mentioned final week in Cambodia at a assembly of the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that Russia was "completely ready to talk about" a prisoner swap but only by means of a devoted Russia-U.S. channel established up by President Biden and President Vladimir Putin.

Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a listening to in Khimki, just outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 27, 2022. (WHD Picture/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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"If the People again try to interact in community diplomacy and make loud statements about their intention to consider particular techniques, it is their small business, I would even say their problem," Lavrov claimed. "The Us residents frequently have issues observing agreements on calm and skilled function."

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