{"id":887932,"date":"2026-10-19T17:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T17:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/887932\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T17:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T17:34:15","slug":"enes-kanter-freedom-says-he-will-attend-wnba-finals-game-3-in-atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/887932\/","title":{"rendered":"Enes Kanter Freedom Says He Will Attend WNBA Finals Game 3 in Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom announced on social media that he plans to attend Game 3 of the WNBA Finals in Atlanta on Wednesday as a fan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Freedom last was at a WNBA game in late August when he went to see Chicago host Indiana. He was ejected from the game and <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wnba-enes-kanter-freedom-chicago-sky-6e8303ad31107d948fa4f0aa9e430b16\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">banned from the arena<\/a> for getting into a heated interaction with Sky guard Natasha Cloud.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">&#8220;As you all know, this all started with an interview featuring Gabby Williams of the Golden State Valkyries, when she said, &#8216;I have no problem with trans athletes playing on my team or against my team.&#8217; Her words gave me so much hope and motivation to come out as a woman and officially declare for the WNBA Draft. I can&#8217;t wait to watch my favorite player, the woman who inspired me to become who I am today!&#8221; Freedom said in his post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The league declined to comment on Freedom potentially attending the Finals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Freedom and Royce White, another former NBA player, have declared for the WNBA draft, saying they identify as women. But a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press in August <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wnba-enes-kanter-freedom-royce-white-4b23db1f7817caa2a5de018fa7c94b86\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">they are not eligible<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The WNBA has been the subject of recent debates on <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wnba-transgender-task-force-99e137102826677747da7986025c8b69\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">whether transgender women<\/a> \u2014 people assigned male at birth who transition to align with their gender identity \u2014 should be allowed to participate in the league. There has never been such a player in the WNBA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Although the league&#8217;s collective bargaining agreement says the WNBA is restricted to women, it contains no more specific language about gender identity or sex assigned at birth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom announced on social media that he plans to attend&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":887933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-887932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887932","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=887932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/887933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}