Four-time WNBA champion Maya Moore said Wednesday that she will not be returning to the court for the upcoming WNBA season.
Moore, 31, last played in the WNBA in 2018, staring for the Minnesota Lynx. The former league MVP announced in February 2019 that she would be taking time away from basketball to focus on family and "ministry dreams that have been stirring in my heart for many years." Throughout her hiatus, she subsequently focused on working for the release of Jonathan Irons from prison, a man who was serving a 50-year sentence on charges of burglary and assault for an incident that took place when he was 16-years-old.