6’10” former Knicks and Celtics star formerly declares for the WNBA draft

What! Has Verònica given up on cycling?!

That Royce White interview. 😄 It works so well with the questions being posed to him.

How do you think the women players in the WNBA will feel about this?
Oh, I think they’re going to have nightmares, as they should. I’m 260/265 lbs, 6 foot 8…

If you make it to the WNBA do you plan to use the women’s locker room and all that other stuff?
I mean, of course. I don’t want to be discriminated against. I mean, come on - why wouldn’t I use the women’s locker room?

What happens if you go undrafted and no one signs you, though?
Oh, well then I have to file a discrimination lawsuit, right? I mean, that’s ridiculous. We’re going to have to have a huge legal battle about discrimination if I can’t play.

Of course, what they <really> mean, is that they're getting together to try and thrash out what/who women are while simultaneously creating a definition where anyone can come along and redefine things.
Is this another Me Too movement?
Women, and certain men saying "me too"?

YOU GO GURLS - SLAY

I've been pissing myself for the past 24hrs.

This is the way.

This made me laugh out loud in an incredibly unfeminine way.

He's clearly a better woman than I am!

Delicious!

"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,"

White's announcement came hours after Kanter Freedom's

I just love it.

"Enes has now said she's a woman," Riley Gaines wrote on X. "If (ESPN) covers this (unlikely), and doesn't refer to Enese as the beautiful woman she is, then they're invalidating her entire existence. Essentially equivalent to genocide."

😂😂😂😂

Surely this is going to grind to a halt now.
It's all so blindingly absurd.

Well quite. If they want to know how to take forward the women's game they have to ask the men for their manly advice. This issue is simply too complex for women to work out by themselves.

I know right.

The WBNA has been going for thirty years since 1996.

It is worth 5.4 billion.

It has had countless games with thousands of players involved.

Yet with all that no-one has ever known what a woman is in Women's basketball. This a TOUGH question. Glad they will sort it soon. Hope there plenty of men in the meeting no way they can work it out without male input.

Royce White

I haven't even been publicly trans for 72 hours and I'm already getting so much hate.

I just want to hoop with my girls in my feminine era! Why can't y'all be happy for me?

But, but - it's so nuanced and complex. How on earth will they be able to work out who should participate in the women's league when there are men on this planet to accommodate?

#sadtimes.

Alert Thanks to Sophie and the guys aiming to join the WBNA.

WBNA are having a meeting next week to discuss what a woman is.

That is going to be a very special meeting.

Engelbert: WNBA to continue talks about transgender athletes next week

Engelbert wrote that the league will "always approach this topic thoughtfully, respectfully, and in alignment with the longstanding values of our league. Second, our player eligibility rules, unlike the eligibility rules of some other leagues and governing bodies, are collectively bargained. Lastly, preserving the integrity of our game and ensuring fair competition will always remain among the league's highest priorities."

The league's collective bargaining agreement states that "only players who are women are eligible to play in the WNBA," but it does not include any more specific language about gender identity or sex assigned at birth. On Friday, two former NBA players, Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White, declared themselves eligible for the WNBA draft, saying they identify as women.

"We recognize that this is a complex and nuanced topic, and we will continue to have important conversations with all of you and the Players Association in the weeks and months ahead," Engelbert said in the memo. "We also plan to convene additional discussions and offer listening sessions for any team leaders who would like to participate. Your perspectives and feedback are invaluable, and I appreciate those who have already reached out to share their thoughts."

https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/49561324/engelbert-wnba-continue-transgender-discussion

Completely support him, I mean her.

All the other draftees just need to train harder, right?

I look forward to seeing her!

Good lads. And ironic that they’re doing it just as all the women’s coaches and officials are saying that they would LOVE to have TiMs on their teams 🤦‍♀️. It’s telling that they’re both retired players but even so this could be a bit of a Spartacus moment. Imagine EVERY retired NBA player opting for WNBA.

Now come on WNBA, change the rules.

He's bottom end of the average height range for the position he plays, it just goes to show how completely ridiculous it would be for him to play against women if he decided he was trans.

The first trans person I met was a huge hockey player, way, way bigger than an average man. They had to ask him to voluntarily withdraw from the women's team and to be fair to him he did. Though how he ever thought it was reasonable to play for a women's team in the first place completely escaped me.

But they aren't protecting women's sports unless they believe that men can change sex.

He's going to get the full on female experience, if he's recruited. A massive pay cut...

Even if it had been mentioned, we know they would have meant fairness to men, not women.

Such a po-faced statement by WNBA 🙄

Indeed. In their rush for 'equality' they've forgotten equity.

I see fairness isn’t mentioned in the WNBPA statement with their other lofty aims.

The other thing they need to do is confirm that gender non conforming men are welcome in their league.

Inclusion of men bar Enes, obviously. Go Enes, fight for your rights!