# @hoops on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbxw7qgoMqv
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68809262-hoops-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-08T11:33:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Joey Harris (@hoops) — https://gondola.cc/hoops

## Caption

Enes Kanter Freedom — the former NBA center drafted third overall by the Utah Jazz in 2011, out of the league since 2022 — publicly declared himself eligible for the 2027 WNBA draft on August 7, 2026, saying he’d examined the league’s eligibility rules and believes they make him eligible. The move came amid a heated debate over transgender inclusion in the WNBA, which intensified after Indiana Fever’s Sophie Cunningham shared her views on transgender athletes in women’s sports. His argument: based on the league’s own stated commitment to self-identification and inclusion, he qualifies for the draft — though the WNBA’s published eligibility rules don’t actually say a player becomes eligible simply by self-identifying as a woman. Most coverage read it as a mocking jab at the league’s stance on trans-athlete participation rather than a genuine bid to play, though Kanter Freedom insisted otherwise. Former NBA player and Minnesota Senate candidate Royce White made a similar declaration days later, claiming to be transgender, and the players‘ union responded with a statement reaffirming its commitment to diversity and inclusion without naming either player or addressing the eligibility question directly. #nba #basketball #edit

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