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Fighting Absurdity With Absurdity

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On Saturday, The Dallas Express posted an article about two basketball players who have asked to be included in the 2027 Women’s National Basketball Association draft. The two players are Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White, both retired National Basketball League players.

The article reports:

A second former NBA player has declared for the 2027 WNBA Draft.

Former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White have announced plans to pursue the 2027 WNBA Draft, arguing that the league’s current eligibility rules do not clearly define who qualifies as a “woman” or establish a specific “transgender” eligibility standard.

Royce White was the first to publicly declare his intentions. On August 4, 2026, the former NBA player posted on X: “I’m now transgender. I’m going to pursue a career in the WNBA… I identify as a sometimes identifying trans woman. I wish to be treated fairly and don’t want to be discriminated against. This is a serious pursuit. I realize after 35 years, I’m actually a woman.”

Three days later, on August 7, Enes Kanter Freedom posted a detailed video announcement formally declaring himself a WNBA prospect for the 2027 draft, stating he had reviewed the league’s eligibility guidelines on self-identification and inclusion.

White then expanded on his earlier comments that same day in an interview with Fox News Digital, noting that he had already made his declaration first.

“How you gonna pass up on a 6-foot-8, 270-pound point forward?” White told Fox News/Outkick Sports.

Freedom is 6-foot-10 and listed at 250 pounds during his career, while White is listed at 6-foot-8 and over 260 pounds.

The article concludes:

The declarations come during an ongoing WNBA debate over “transgender” participation in women’s sports that intensified after Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham publicly opposed allowing biological males to compete in women’s sports in July.

“I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest. And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men,” Cunningham told ESPN.

Freedom and White have framed their moves as tests of consistency with stated inclusion principles rather than formal entries into the league.

The 2027 WNBA Draft is scheduled for April. White has indicated possible legal action if denied participation based on identity. Formal eligibility determinations would occur closer to the draft process.

Stay tuned.

Challenging Absurdity With Absurdity

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The WNBA has had some challenges lately. Two recent articles at The Gateway Pundit have reported on some of those challenges.

On August 7th, The Gateway Pundit reported:

A former NBA player has set the internet ablaze after issuing the ultimate challenge to the ultra-woke WNBA’s self-proclaimed tolerance and inclusion policies to the trans community: announcing he will join the league in the coming months.

Enes Kanter Freedom, a Turkish player who played for five NBA franchises over his 11-year career, went viral on Friday after announcing he would identify as female and declare for the 2027 WNBA Draft.

He told America that he and his lawyers knew he was ‘qualified’ to participate after a careful review of the WNBA’s self-identification requirements.

Kanter Freedom added that his intention was “not to mock, make fun of, or disrespect any community or personal choices.” All he wants is for the current rules “to be applied equally to everyone.”

On August 8th, The Gateway Pundit reported:

The league is launching task-force meetings and “listening sessions” as two former NBA players demand to know whether its women-only eligibility rule is based on sex or self-identification.

Commissioner Cathy Engelbert has rushed out a memo to teams nationwide on Friday after former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White declared themselves eligible for the 2027 WNBA Draft by identifying as women.

In the memo, obtained by the Associated Press, Engelbert tried to walk a tightrope, admitting the issue of transgender (biological male) participation will keep drawing “significant attention” while labeling it a “complex and nuanced topic.”

Engelbert wrote that the league will “always approach this topic thoughtfully, respectfully, and in alignment with the longstanding values of our league.”

I realize that it would totally ruin the league, but I would love to see what would happen if Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White actually played in a WNBA game.

Meanwhile, let’s just admit the obvious–there are differences between men and women, and some of those differences result in more athletic ability and stamina for men. There are exceptions, but they are rare.