The WNBA’s trans bluff just got called. By David Manney at PJ Media. The trans nonsense is now being tested in women’s basketball in the US.
Enes Kanter Freedom , … former NBA center and third overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, has declared himself eligible for the 2027 WNBA Draft. …
“I meet every requirement necessary to compete in the WNBA,” Freedom stated in a social media post …
Freedom is 34. The 6-foot-10, 250-pound former center played 11 seasons in the NBA, averaging 11.2 points and 7.8 rebounds. Thus, he was a dominant player in the men’s league. He retired from the NBA three years ago.
In the aftermath of Sophie Cuningham making a definitive stance that women’s sports should remain female, many coaches and players have opened up the floodgates for men in their league. Golden State Valkyries forward Gabby Willliams even said, “I would welcome a trans athlete on my team or against my team any time.” Throughout this whole saga, the WNBA has remained silent about protecting fairness in their league, so Freedom is putting their feet to the fire in a hilarious way. …
His point is as subtle as a belch: If sex can bend around self-identification when sports organizations want inclusion, he wants the WNBA to explain where the line sits.
Here’s where the joke becomes uncomfortable for the league. The 2026 collective bargaining agreement contains one wonderfully short sentence: “Only players who are women are eligible to play in the WNBA.” …
The issue is a league culture that has spent years celebrating inclusion while becoming very nervous when somebody asks where inclusion ends. …
Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve wore a “Trans Kids Belong” shirt days after Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham publicly defended keeping female sports for female athletes. …
It’s been quite a week for women’s basketball. Clay Travis first offered $10 million for the defending champion Las Vegas Aces to play a boys’ high school state championship of his choosing. The league hasn’t exactly rushed to accept.
Then Freedom arrives with an even more uncomfortable challenge: apply your philosophy to somebody who could make the consequences visible on the scoreboard. …
Could Freedom sue if the WNBA rejected him? He could certainly try. Federal law protects workers from discrimination based on transgender status, but winning such a case would be another question.
The WNBA has also undoubtedly asked for this. Now is the time for them to put their money where their mouth is. If you’re really so “inclusive,” you should have no problem with this.
If he identifies as a woman, who are they to tell him who he is? Who are they to tell him if this is genuine or not? This is a great way to put their feet to the fire. It has the opportunity to show that all of this “trans acceptance” talk is just virtue signaling.
“I am definitely not here to mock, make fun of, or disrespect any community or personal choices,” Freedom added. “I’m 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.”
This whole situation will be hilarious to witness. If the league allows Freedom to be eligible, irrationally sticking to their anti-women progressive politics, but no team drafts Freedom in April 2027, it could be seen as discrimination. If they say their sport is for females only, they run into the fury of their liberal foundation, which many of their fans, players, and coaches hold to.
This’ll be a great way to expose the hypocrisy or idiocy of the progressive movement ingrained in the league.
Your move, WNBA.
Another ex-NBA player says he is now a woman as he declares for the WNBA Draft. By Max Winters at The Daily Mail.
Royce White has become the second former NBA player to declare for next year’s WNBA Draft amid the division surrounding transgender inclusion in sports. …
White, who is a candidate for the Republican Senate nomination in Minnesota, told Fox News Digital that he is now transgender and wants to join the likes of Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham on the court next season.
‘I’m transgender. I’m a woman. I identify as sometimes identifying as a woman for purpose of basketball, professional basketball, so I’ll be declaring for the WNBA draft in 2027 as well,’ he said.”I think I’d be unstoppable.’ …
White, a former first-round draft pick who only played three games in the NBA for the Sacramento Kings, insisted that only the WNBA releasing ‘a definitive statement about guys with a pair of b**** playing in the Women’s Association’ could stop him.
‘I don’t want to be discriminated against,’ he continued. ‘I want fair treatment. I’m a young black, hopefully United States Senator, that would like a fair chance to participate as a sometimes-identifying-as-a-transgender-woman athlete.’
He also vowed to wear a wig while he’s playing and said WNBA players will have ‘nightmares… and they should’ about him potentially competing against them.
Stay tuned. I reckon the tide has turned and the WNBA will retreat from allowing trans players.