"It's a goal of mine," Griner told ESPN in an extended interview this week as she prepared for her debut with the Dream on Friday night against the Washington Mystics. "It hasn't been in the U.S. for a while now, so I think to be able to play at the Olympics in your home country would be amazing."

After her sudden move from the Mecury to the Dream, 34-year-old Brittney Griner speaks on the career resurgence.

The headline in Friday's Atlanta Journal-Constitution was three words: DREAM COME TRUE. The story centered on the Atlanta Dream's biggest addition heading into a new WNBA season: Brittney Griner. The 6-foot-9 superstar gets to make her Dream debut Friday night on the opening night of the 2025 campaign,