By Tobias Carroll On Saturday, news emerged that a prominent American basketball player was being detained in Russia. The player is Brittney Griner, who has long been a mainstay of the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury (twice leading the league in scoring) and has represented the USA on gold medal-winning teams at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. The New York Times cited a report from the Russian Russian Federal Customs Service stating that they had detained an American basketball player for possession of hashish oil vape cartridges. Shortly thereafter, TASS revealed that the player was Griner. Many WN…