(Reuters) -U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was released on Thursday in a prisoner swap with Russia after the two-time Olympic champion and Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) player spent more than nine months detained on a drug possession offense. Here are some comments in reaction to her release: U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN “Moments ago I spoke to Brittney Griner. She’s safe. She’s on a plane. She’s on her way home after months of being unjustly detained in Russia, held under intolerable circumstances.” BRITTNEY GRINER’S WIFE CHERELLE “I am standing here overwhelmed with emotion…