Posted on 08/07/2026 6:56:09 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A male former NBA player is declaring himself eligible to join the WNBA, attempting to highlight how the league’s rules inadequately define women and effectively allow trans players.
Former Utah Jazz center Enes Kanter Freedom on Friday released a video saying he meets the WNBA’s criteria for players and that his representatives plan to hold the league to the letter of their governing framework.
“If simply declaring who you are is all that’s required, then I meet every single requirement necessary to compete in the WNBA,” Freedom said.
“My team and I have carefully examined the WNBA eligibility criteria and governing framework surrounding self-identification and inclusion. Based on the current guidelines, I can and am officially declaring my eligibility for the upcoming WNBA draft in May 2027.”
“I am definitely not here to mock, make fun of, or disrespect any community or personal choices.I am simply asking that the current rules be applied equally to everyone. The rules that represent the very values many WNBA players and coaches have publicly advocated for.”
“My team and I are prepared to ensure these guidelines are applied equally, consistently and without exception. And I look forward to the WNBA honor in its stated principles,” he said, adding, “See ya at training camp.”
Freedom’s semi-tongue-in-cheek stunt aiming to call the WNBA’s bluff follows controversy over remarks by Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham, who told ESPN last month that she wants “to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sports who shouldn’t have to go against biological men.”
She then doubled down the next day, telling interviewers, “I said what I said. I think it’s kind of common sense.”
Cunningham’s remarks incensed many in the league, with Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeves wearing a “Trans kids belong” shirt when her team went up against the Fever last Sunday.
The remarks also prompted the likes of Golden State Valkyries star Gabby Williams to express support for trans players, saying she wouldn’t mind playing against one and wants one on her team.
Likewise, Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase has similarly claimed she wouldn’t mind trans players in the sport saying, “Sports is about belonging. It’s about inclusivity. It’s about allowing everyone to be their authentic self.”
Meanwhile, President Trump hit a layup on Tuesday joking that if he coached a WNBA team he’d want NBA legend Lebron James to turn trans and play for him.
Radio host Clay Travis this week also unveiled a $10 million offer to last year’s WNBA championship winners, the Las Vegas Aces, to play a high school state title boy’s team, saying the winning team could split the pot however they like with proceeds from the pay-per-view event going to the Tunnels to Towers Foundation.
Current NBA players Lonzo Ball and the Brooklyn Nets’ Michael Porter Jr. salivated at the prospect of going up against WNBA players, saying 8th and 9th grade versions of themselves could easily get the job done.
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There’s already a dude in France laying waste to the French women’s league. If the women are clamoring for it, who am I to give a damn? Should be some really good entertainment!!
Once men start dominating the WNBA, the women will remain silent because of their pride. They will not be able to admit they are wrong. The down side is that the attendance will probably increase because, after all, who doesn’t watch a car race to see a wreck?
USA - what a sh*t show ! Insanity on steroids . Mental illness epidemic .
there is no down side to women remaining silent ...
If you have a “y”:chromosome, you are not a woman.
It's that simple, DummycRats.
Black women do not have much experience with competitive brothers. It will be good to see them get their asses kicked - not by the trans homos but by the NBA castoffs who will just pretend and wipe the female WNBA off the map. No loss it was boring as shit ball in the first place.
And yet we discover another thing that men can do better than women.
Being women.
I love it!!!!!!
Enes is gonna be a star. Could even play in Hussein’s flak tower and basketball emporium.
Hey look, that WNBA “girl” or whatever it is dunked then got the rest of the team pregnant except for the lesbians so one player on the team is preggers.
They will not remain silent if the trannys are white. They’ll simply turn it into a race thing.
👍 👍👍👍👍
Men are better women.
"The best woman is a man."
We have achieved peak Idiocracy.
Idiocracy, yes.
Peak idiocracy? Give it a year or two.
Breaking WNBA: Royce White tosses his name into the draft as well
https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2085913583502680126?s=20
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