Urgent.News

What's breaking now, across thousands of outlets.

Culture

Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White are not eligible for the WNBA draft, AP source says

Former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White are ineligible for the WNBA draft, according to an anonymous source speaking to The Associated Press. The decision was made on Monday. The source did not provide reasons for their ineligibility. Both Freedom and White had declared their intention to participate in the upcoming draft.

The WNBA, which has never had a transgender player, is currently facing debates over the inclusion of transgender women. Freedom and White identified as women when announcing their draft intentions, wearing shirts that read "WOMAN." Freedom was ejected from an Indiana-Chicago game on Sunday night after a confrontation with Sky guard Natasha Cloud, who confronted him in the third quarter. Freedom had a conversation with security before being escorted from the arena.

Written by urgent.news from Winnipeg Free Press's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

This story

This is one outlet's version. Read the fullest account.

Read the original at winnipegfreepress.com →

More in Culture

More from Monday 24 August →