Enes Kanter, Royce White not eligible to play in the WNBA after their ‘publicity stunts’

Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White are not eligible to play in the WNBA, league sources tell Front Office Sports. In recent weeks, Freedom and White, two former NBA players, both declared their intention to enter the 2027 WNBA draft, claiming they identify as women. A league source called the recent declarations of the two men “simply publicity stunts” and said that the league is “not going to give oxygen to efforts designed to mock the league or use this topic to demean and marginalize others.”