{"id":805565,"date":"2026-08-07T09:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T09:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/805565\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T09:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T09:18:12","slug":"clay-travis-wildly-says-french-trans-athlete-is-goat-over-lebron-james-michael-jordan-amid-wnba-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/805565\/","title":{"rendered":"Clay Travis wildly says French trans athlete is GOAT over LeBron James, Michael Jordan amid WNBA rumors"},"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>French trans basketball star Julie Tetart earns LeBron James and Michael Jordan comparisons<\/p>\n<p>Whenever the NBA GOAT debate is discussed, fans often end up with the names of LeBron James and Michael Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>Evidently, there is no WNBA player in the debate for the NBA, but OutKick founder Clay Travis has found a way to bring the W in this conversation.<\/p>\n<p>After all, Travis took advantage of the current trans athlete debate around the WNBA to make the controversial GOAT debate statement.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2273458303-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Monaco Basket Association (MBA)'s player Julie Tetart poses at the Gymnase de l'Annonciade.\" class=\"wp-image-2601368\" \/>Photo by Valery HACHE \/ AFP via Getty ImagesJulie Tetart finds herself in a GOAT debate with LeBron James and Michael Jordan<\/p>\n<p>The potential participation of trans athletes in the WNBA has remained in the headlines, partly because of French player Julie Tetart, who Travis sarcastically claims could dethrone James and Jordan in the GOAT debate if allowed to play in the WNBA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat b____ can ball. I watched the highlights. This is a bad b____, man. Not only did she average 20 points and 20 rebounds, we\u2019re talking about a 20-20 player. If the\u00a0WNBA\u00a0is inclusive, then this French All-Star has to be signed by a WNBA team,\u201d Travis began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is why I said I\u2019d put in a franchise application. Dan, the Nashville Balls, my WNBA team, would be the greatest dynasty of all time. Most inclusive, too. We\u2019re only signing men who identify as women,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Travis delivered the final punch by bringing two of arguably the greatest NBA players of all time in James and Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>MORE MICHAEL JORDAN STORIES<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople won\u2019t be debating Michael Jordan and LeBron James anymore,\u201d Travis stated. \u201cThey\u2019ll be debating that bad Julie Tetart from the Nashville Balls versus Jordan. Move over, LeBron. We\u2019ve got a new GOAT debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The OutKick founder has been a consistent part of trans athletes\u2019 participation in the W, even offering to create a new franchise, the \u2018Nashville Balls.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Travis has claimed to be ready to spend at least $10 million to set up this team and feature only trans athletes in his team and ultimately dominate in the WNBA.<\/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 French trans basketball star Julie Tetart earns LeBron James and Michael Jordan comparisons&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[36570,341248,3013,7328,99,434],"class_list":["post-805565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-clay-travis","tag-julie-tetart","tag-lebron-james","tag-michael-jordan","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}