NBA Vet Reveals His Mission If He Makes The WNBA

Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom is continuing to stir up the debate over eligibility rules in women’s basketball, and this time he is dragging Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark into it.

Freedom has publicly talked about entering the WNBA Draft as part of a broader challenge to the league’s handling of transgender athlete eligibility. Former NBA player Royce White has made similar comments, turning what might otherwise be a technical policy debate into something much more public and provocative.

Freedom’s argument is straightforward: if the league does not clearly define who is eligible to compete in the WNBA, then he believes those rules should be tested as far as possible.

At 6-foot-10 with years of NBA experience, Freedom is obviously not presenting himself as a typical WNBA prospect. That is part of the point. He is using the idea of entering the draft to criticize what he sees as an inconsistent standard.

The WNBA has said discussions on transgender athletes are still ongoing.

“Today’s meeting covered a wide range of topics, including ongoing discussions on transgender athletes and the continued hate and vitriol directed at players online,” a league spokesperson said. “We will continue to engage all league stakeholders in the coming weeks and months. We will approach these important conversations thoughtfully and in alignment with the values of our league.”

Freedom has taken that lack of a final answer and turned it into material for social media.

Angel Reese became one of his latest targets.

“Sis! Once I go No. 1 pick in the 2027 @WNBA Draft, the first player I’m dunking on is Angel Reese. She’s the Paul George of the #WNBA. Just lean into the podcast already,” Freedom wrote on X.

The Paul George comparison was clearly meant as an insult. George has been criticized for some high-profile struggles in important postseason moments, and Freedom appeared to be suggesting that Reese has developed her own reputation for coming up short when it matters.