By Mike McDaniel The South Carolina and Team USA basketball coach discussed the sentencing of Griner and what she hopes happens next. View the original article to see embedded media. WNBA star Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in a Russian penal colony and fined by a Russian court on Thursday on charges of smuggling drugs with criminal intent. The Mercury star was arrested at an airport near Moscow in February and accused of having hashish oil in her luggage. After her sentencing, South Carolina and USA Basketball coach Dawn Staley discussed Griner’s verdict and what should happen ne…