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

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LesbianNana · 07/08/2026 23:58

I can’t wait to see who drafts my girl Enes Kanter Freedom. 😂

In a video, the former New York Knicks and Boston Celtics star said: 'After careful consideration and reviewing the current eligibility guidelines, I’m officially declaring myself a @WNBA prospect.

'If simply declaring who you are is all that’s required, then I meet every single requirement necessary to compete in the WNBA.

'My team and I have carefully examined the WNBA’s eligibility criteria and governing framework surrounding self-identification and inclusion. Based on the current guidelines, I can and am officially declaring my eligibility for the upcoming WNBA draft in April 2027.”

”See you at training camp.”

https://www.dailymail.com/sport/wnba/article-16037187/enkanter-wnba-draft-trans-debate.html

Former NBA star officially declares for WNBA Draft amid trans debate

Kanter, who played in the NBA for 11 seasons, shared the announcement on social media on Friday afternoon amid the ongoing debate around transgender inclusion in sports.

https://www.dailymail.com/sport/wnba/article-16037187/enkanter-wnba-draft-trans-debate.html

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UtopiaPlanitia · 14/08/2026 15:23

fromorbit · 14/08/2026 08:13

The longer the WBNA fails to work out what to do the worse it gets.

Enes Kanter FREEDOM
12h
A group of WOMEN running a WOMEN’S-ONLY sports league has to hold a meeting with other WOMEN to decide what a WOMAN is, so they can determine if I qualify as a WOMAN and eligible to compete against WOMEN in a league created specifically for WOMEN.

I see…

I think that one of the reasons that I find women who support the bonkers idea that humans, uniquely among all mammals, can change sex is the sheer stupidity and embarrassment they bring on all other women.

They give sexist men a lot of cover for laughing at women for wanting their sex-based rights enforced when those other women are happily agreeing to have them taken away. Their self-sabotaging behaviour makes life difficult for all women.

Their toxic empathy is damaging to ALL women and girls. And they don't care because it's more important to them to appear virtuous.

It's feckin 2026 and we have supposedly sensible women's sporting organisations meeting and finding themselves unable to define what exactly the class of human beings are that their organisation was set up to benefit.

It's all so mind-numbingly ridiculous!

Ereshkigalangcleg · 14/08/2026 11:54

AnAutumnCrow · 13/08/2026 11:25

If sporting rules are fair, reasonable and the fairness legally watertight then these rules cannot be exploited by alleged ‘bad faith actors’ in the first place.

I don’t give a fuck about the ‘oooh they’re bad faith actors’ argument. It’s not the point. The point is the fairness of the rules. Are they fair to women and girls? That’s it, that’s what matters.

Exactly.

fromorbit · 14/08/2026 08:13

The longer the WBNA fails to work out what to do the worse it gets.

Enes Kanter FREEDOM
12h
A group of WOMEN running a WOMEN’S-ONLY sports league has to hold a meeting with other WOMEN to decide what a WOMAN is, so they can determine if I qualify as a WOMAN and eligible to compete against WOMEN in a league created specifically for WOMEN.

I see…

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 13/08/2026 18:25

SirChenjins · 13/08/2026 14:53

Well quite. My understanding was that being trans meant that you just had to identify as the opposite sex and everyone had to respect your feelz and budge up for you, otherwise they were transphobic and probably fancied JKR. No hormones or surgery necessary. Is that not the case now? Is there a hierarchy of trans people, with those who have had bits lopped off at the top and those who only have spinny skirts and lipstick at the bottom? Confused

Edited

I was somewhat thrown by the suggestion that they had only spinny skirts and lipstick at the bottom.

Lipstick where?!!!

Then a sense of grammar reasserted itself, I reread the sentence and came back to what in my case we laughingly call "reality".

fromorbit · 13/08/2026 17:31

Receipts.

♀️Jennifer Gingrich ✡️
10h
I'd forgotten this but it just showed up in my notifications.

Five years ago, the WNBA awarded "Woman Crush Wednesday" to two high school boys who easily won the Connecticut GIRLS' track championships, smashing multiple girls' state records.

They've never been on women's side

https://nitter.net/fem_mb/status/2087774689170981090#m

icingonmycupcake · 13/08/2026 17:06

NotBadConsidering · 13/08/2026 11:28

“9 inches of clitoris” 🤣🤣🤣

9 inches??? 😱

C'mon now Royce. You're playin'. 😂😂😂😂

MyAmpleSheep · 13/08/2026 16:52

JellySaurus · 13/08/2026 16:09

More likely he’s one of those people - probably a substantial proportion of the population - who haven’t a clue what being trans actually means.

I don’t think anyone has a clue what being trans means.

JellySaurus · 13/08/2026 16:09

SirChenjins · 13/08/2026 13:17

Eddie the Eagle's comment about only getting respect by having top and bottom surgery is interesting. Given that 90-plus percent of trans identifying people are obviously scaredy-kweens also and don't have any form of surgery, is that person saying they are not worthy of respect?

More likely he’s one of those people - probably a substantial proportion of the population - who haven’t a clue what being trans actually means.

SirChenjins · 13/08/2026 14:53

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 13/08/2026 14:27

I thought it was transphobic to say anything at all about whether someone who claimed to be trans had had any surgery? It seems to me that Eddie the Eagle Might be on very dodgy ground there.

Well quite. My understanding was that being trans meant that you just had to identify as the opposite sex and everyone had to respect your feelz and budge up for you, otherwise they were transphobic and probably fancied JKR. No hormones or surgery necessary. Is that not the case now? Is there a hierarchy of trans people, with those who have had bits lopped off at the top and those who only have spinny skirts and lipstick at the bottom? Confused

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 13/08/2026 14:27

SirChenjins · 13/08/2026 13:17

Eddie the Eagle's comment about only getting respect by having top and bottom surgery is interesting. Given that 90-plus percent of trans identifying people are obviously scaredy-kweens also and don't have any form of surgery, is that person saying they are not worthy of respect?

I thought it was transphobic to say anything at all about whether someone who claimed to be trans had had any surgery? It seems to me that Eddie the Eagle Might be on very dodgy ground there.

SirChenjins · 13/08/2026 13:49

Datun · 13/08/2026 13:39

I really wouldn't put it past the authorities to let these men play. And then any man. Anything, absolutely bloody anything rather than curtail their misogyny.

You see it everywhere. No, women, you can't have something of your own if men want it, so it's mixed everything from here on in.

If it becomes mixed sex then it means trans identifying men don't exist. Literal genocide.

#sadtimes

Datun · 13/08/2026 13:39

I really wouldn't put it past the authorities to let these men play. And then any man. Anything, absolutely bloody anything rather than curtail their misogyny.

You see it everywhere. No, women, you can't have something of your own if men want it, so it's mixed everything from here on in.

Datun · 13/08/2026 13:37

He may not be nice, but he's bloody funny. I wonder if there's a correlation 🤔

Talkinpeace · 13/08/2026 13:36

Royce White is not a nice person
but the way he is tying "progressives" up in their own contradictions is hilarious.

The fact that the Democrat leadership have not already started active damage limitation on this
in time for the Mid Terms is pretty depressing

Boiledbeetle · 13/08/2026 13:31

SirChenjins · 13/08/2026 13:17

Eddie the Eagle's comment about only getting respect by having top and bottom surgery is interesting. Given that 90-plus percent of trans identifying people are obviously scaredy-kweens also and don't have any form of surgery, is that person saying they are not worthy of respect?

It appears so! I know we get accused of all sorts on here, but I doubt more than a tiny percentage on here think a person's trans identity is only valid if you have surgery.

fromorbit · 13/08/2026 13:26

Enes Kanter FREEDOM

The WNBA says a woman is anyone who claims to be one.

So if I say I’m a woman, you have to accept it.

Those are the rules the WNBA created.

Why does anyone get to decide whose journey is real and whose isn’t?

Who gets to judge?

Rules Are Rules!

LetFreedomPlay

SirChenjins · 13/08/2026 13:17

Eddie the Eagle's comment about only getting respect by having top and bottom surgery is interesting. Given that 90-plus percent of trans identifying people are obviously scaredy-kweens also and don't have any form of surgery, is that person saying they are not worthy of respect?

GreyskySexRealistsky · 13/08/2026 13:16

selffellatingouroborosofhate · 13/08/2026 11:50

On a computer not at work, search for "clit on a stick" in quotes in Google. Some TiMs call their penises that. Mr White is doing no different.

Aaaagh! Why did I read that ?!!

Mmmnotsure · 13/08/2026 12:15

I know it's a thing. Just appreciating the fact that he's gone straight to the obvious conclusions, expressed so trenchantly, and the level of coverage. Sunlight.

selffellatingouroborosofhate · 13/08/2026 11:50

Mmmnotsure · 13/08/2026 11:09

Royce White going off the reductio ad absurdum cliff:

On a computer not at work, search for "clit on a stick" in quotes in Google. Some TiMs call their penises that. Mr White is doing no different.

DialSquare · 13/08/2026 11:47

I’ve said it before and I’ll no doubt say it again, but I do find it funny when men pretending to be women (and those who support it) are outraged when men pretend to be men pretending to be women! And as previously mentioned, there is not a lot of difference in the dialogue coming from either camp.

SlackJawedDisbeliefXY · 13/08/2026 11:41

NotBadConsidering · 13/08/2026 11:28

“9 inches of clitoris” 🤣🤣🤣

'I really rate their difficult second album'

moto748e · 13/08/2026 11:40

NotBadConsidering · 13/08/2026 11:28

“9 inches of clitoris” 🤣🤣🤣

It's the way he tells 'em!

NotBadConsidering · 13/08/2026 11:28

“9 inches of clitoris” 🤣🤣🤣

AnAutumnCrow · 13/08/2026 11:25

If sporting rules are fair, reasonable and the fairness legally watertight then these rules cannot be exploited by alleged ‘bad faith actors’ in the first place.

I don’t give a fuck about the ‘oooh they’re bad faith actors’ argument. It’s not the point. The point is the fairness of the rules. Are they fair to women and girls? That’s it, that’s what matters.