{"id":857647,"date":"2026-08-14T09:34:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/857647\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T09:34:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:34:26","slug":"very-smart-joe-rogan-suggests-why-enes-kanter-declaring-for-wnba-is-a-good-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/857647\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Very smart&#8217; &#8211; Joe Rogan suggests why Enes Kanter declaring for WNBA is a good thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>The WNBA has been making headlines all across the media of late due to the trans athlete debate.<\/p>\n<p>Following Indiana Fever\u2019s Sophie Cunningham sharing her stance on trans athletes in the competition, a widespread discourse has begun.<\/p>\n<p>This has included former NBA players Enes Kanter and Royce White declaring for the WNBA draft.<\/p>\n<p>Now, comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan has broached the topic on his podcast this week.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1445667013-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The Algemeiner 50th Anniversary J100 Gala\" class=\"wp-image-2604233\" \/>Photo by Jared Siskin\/Patrick McMullan via Getty ImagesJoe Rogan calls Enes Kanter \u2018very smart\u2019 after declaring for WNBA<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on episode 2539 of <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/1jhBtYEV0ZDMmrUuEIcy9y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Joe Rogan Experience<\/a> alongside Shane Gillis and Ari Shaffir, Rogan claimed what Kanter was doing was \u2018very smart\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to suggest that \u2018we almost need\u2019 someone like Kanter to do what he has done to show people how \u2018ridiculous it is\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThis thing that he\u2019s doing where he\u2019s pretending that he\u2019s a woman is very smart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this day and age, we almost need someone that\u2019s a public figure to do something like that to show everyone how ridiculous it is. That some \u2014\u2014\u2014- can just pretend that they\u2019re a woman and knock women over on the court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whether you agree with Kanter\u2019s actions or not, this topic probably won\u2019t be going away for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>The debate has recently led to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wnba-statement-after-task-force-meeting-over-trans-athletes-amid-former-nba-players-draft-threat\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wnba-statement-after-task-force-meeting-over-trans-athletes-amid-former-nba-players-draft-threat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WNBA releasing a statement after a task force meeting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Within it, they wrote: \u201cThere are no immediate eligibility matters affecting the WNBA, and we strongly denounce the bad-faith efforts to use these topics to demean or marginalize others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At present, the WNBA CBA states that \u2018only players who are women are eligible to play in the WNBA,\u2019 but it doesn\u2019t define what a woman is, which is why Kanter decided he could declare for the draft.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover The WNBA has been making headlines all across the media of late due&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,295803,26789,82,630],"class_list":["post-857647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-enes-kanter-freedom","tag-joe-rogan","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}