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For the first class competitors in the WNBA, spending the offseason playing in Russia can mean bringing in more cash than they can make back home - some of the time even a few fold the amount.

Yet, the individuals who have done that likewise portray the dejection of being away from loved ones, of battling with a new dialect and culture, and of residing in a spot with a couple of long stretches of daylight in the colder time of year and temperatures well underneath freezing.

Brittney Griner is one of those players who went to Russia as of late to bring in additional cash. For the double cross Olympian, in any case, it has transformed into a delayed bad dream.

Since showing up at a Moscow air terminal in mid-February, she has been confined by police after they detailed finding vape cartridges purportedly containing weed oil in her gear. Still in prison, she is anticipating preliminary one month from now on energizes that could bring to 10 years in jail.

Her capture came during a period of uplifted political strains over Ukraine. From that point forward, Russia has attacked Ukraine and stays at war.

About six American players reached by The Associated Press shared their encounters on playing in Russia. Albeit none ended up experiencing the same thing as Griner, they portrayed hardships like segregation and fatigue, aside from b-ball.

"Playing there was difficult in light of the fact that the way of life and the approach to everyday life is completely different than what you experience in different spots in Europe and America," said DeLisha Milton-Jones, one of the primary marquee American players to play in Russia in the mid 2000s.

"The limits of the climate - it's completely dark dull at 5 p.M. I needed to wear my large coat heating up some of the time since it was short 40 degrees outside," said Milton-Jones, who played for UMKC Ekaterinburg - a similar group as Griner.

The previous All-American at Florida, WNBA All-Star and double cross WNBA champion with the Los Angeles Sparks said the choice to play in Russia was just a "business one."

In the mid 2000s, top WNBA players could procure about $125,000 every year as a feature of a promoting manage the association. Today, the compensation for tip top players is about $500,000. By playing in Russia, those players can procure one more $1 million to $1.5 million.

Players say the Russian groups attempt to make them as agreeable as could really be expected, including some of the time giving drivers and interpreters. The clubs additionally give players additional days off during breaks, realizing they have longer travel back to the U.S., assuming that they return home.

Condos furnished by the groups are similar with what the players are familiar with in the WNBA, including Western-style kitchens and clothing offices, and they additionally approach real time features and video calls.

Milton-Jones, 47, played in other European associations yet said Russia paid the most at that point. What's more, none bested UMKC Ekaterinburg, which keeps on being an alluring objective for players.

Milton-Jones assisted the club with coming out on top for its first EuroLeague championship. The group's proprietor, Shabtai Kalmanovich, changed the norm of pay and living for WNBA players in Russia before he was shot and killed in Moscow in 2009.

"We contracted. Did everything five-star," Milton-Jones said at USA Basketball instructional course recently. "He would simply over-indulge us. He'd send us to France for an end of the week and give us huge number of dollars to go out to shop on a private plane. Regardless of the club, you didn't have the foggiest idea where the cash was coming from and you couldn't have cared less. You were there to do a task."