The Sage Steele Show - Enes Kanter Freedom on the WNBA Rejection, Getting Blackballed by the NBA, and 14 Years in Exile

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On October 16, the WNBA told Congress that Enes Kanter Freedom is ineligible to play because he is a man. We recorded this before that letter existed, and he had already called it. Enes has declared himself eligible for the 2027 WNBA draft. He walks me through what he found in Article 13 of the collective bargaining agreement, why he says the league asked for months just to decide what a woman is, the eight other men he says are ready to file if the rules do not change, the one word the league could add that would make him walk away for good, and why he insists this is a pro-women position rather than an anti-trans one. We also get into the career that ended first. Third overall pick,…