Former NBA forward Enes Kanter, who has declared for the 2027 WNBA Draft, is in attendance at the Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky game on Sunday evening.
The former NBA forward officially declared for the WNBA Draft earlier this month.
“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,” he shared on X.
Sunday night, he made an appearance at the Fever vs. Sky game in Chicago. However, his appearance quickly turned ugly.
“We are getting attacked before the @WNBA game in Chicago,” he shared on X, as fans accosted him outside of the arena.
Kanter: I’ll be best player in WNBA history
“I think I will be the best draft pick in WNBA history, literally,” he said to Fox News.
Kanter says that he wants to expose the WNBA’s loophole regarding transgender athletes.
“So, there’s other major sports that obviously closed that loophole,” he said. “They added ‘biological female’ or ‘born female’ in their collective bargaining. But when I look at them, the WNBA, they didn’t have kind of, you know, reference to biological or anything like that. And all the coaches, I was watching this, and I believe the coach of Minnesota came out with a ‘trans kids belong’ (shirt), so I was like, if no one’s against it and all the coaches are OK with it, think about how much money I can bring, think about all the endorsement deals.
Kanter is “warning” the WNBA.
“The WNBA has no idea what they’re about to face. They’re still trying to figure out what a woman is,” he said. “So, let’s see if they can figure that out. So, let’s see what kind of rules that they’re gonna come up with.”
The Fever at Sky game is airing on Peacock.
