{"id":881765,"date":"2026-09-03T10:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/881765\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T10:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:06:10","slug":"enes-kanter-says-he-will-literally-destroy-nba-points-record-if-he-competes-in-wnba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/881765\/","title":{"rendered":"Enes Kanter says he will &#8216;literally destroy&#8217; NBA points record if he competes in WNBA"},"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>Enes Kanter has been asked how many points he thinks he would be scoring in the WNBA if he were allowed to compete.<\/p>\n<p>Kanter declared for the 2027 WNBA draft over the summer and has now spoken to Piers Morgan about the league and the ongoing transgender athlete debate.<\/p>\n<p>When doing so, he suggested he could destroy the current NBA single-game\u00a0scoring record, which is held by Wilt Chamberlain.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2291752885-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Former basketball player Enes Kanter Freedom looks on during the second half between the Chicago Sky and the Indiana Fever at Wintrust Arena on August 23, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois.\" class=\"wp-image-2610471\" \/>Photo by Michael Reaves\/Getty ImagesEnes Kanter thinks he could surpass Wilt Chamberlain\u2019s record<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XEZiD-QRl58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Morgan asked<\/a>: \u201cI mean just in pure cold hard reality if you were to play in the WNBA in an average game, how many points do you think you\u2019d score?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kanter responded: \u201cSo, Wilt Chamberlain have this record, I\u2019m sure you know about, is 100, 100 points [in] a game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI promise that, that is my goal, to beat that record. Like, there won\u2019t be any record standing. I will literally destroy [it]. I mean, actually, it will help the WNBA because think about all the ticket sales and endorsements that they could get.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To date, no player in the NBA or WNBA has managed to come that close to reaching that record.<\/p>\n<p>The closest is Bam Adebayo, who secured 83 points in a Miami Heat vs Washington Wizards game in March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Marina Mabrey, A\u2019ja Wilson and Liz Cambage all currently share the record for most points in one WNBA game (53).<\/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 Enes Kanter has been asked how many points he thinks he would be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":881766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,71219,459,82,120084,630],"class_list":["post-881765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-enes-kanter","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-wilt-chamberlain","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881765","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=881765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/881766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}