VANCOUVER - Brittney Griner still remembers attending her first WNBA game.

She was still in middle school when she went to see the now-defunct Houston Comets.

“It was dope. It was amazing," said the six-foot-nine centre. "I was just like, ‘OK, here's a model, here's something that I can do. I can aspire to be one of them.'''

Become one of them she did.

Griner's now in her 11th WNBA season and has become one of the league's most recognizable names.

She blazed another trail with her Atlanta Dream teammates on Friday when they faced the Seattle Storm in Vancouver, marking the first time the league has held a regular-season game outside of the United States.

"Hopefully tonight we got some future WNBA stars coming up," Griner said of the young fans at Rogers Arena.

A sellout crowd of 15,

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