Former NBA players Kanter Freedom, White not eligible for WNBA, sources say

NEW YORK, Aug 24 : Two former NBA players who sought to enter the 2027 WNBA draft are not eligible to participate in the women's basketball league, according to sources around the league on Monday. Enes Kanter Freedom, who played in the National Basketball Association for over a decade from 2011, and Royce White, who spent one season in the NBA, had each announced their intention to play in the league, claiming to be transgender women.Reached for comment on Monday, Kanter Freedom responded on a separate issue regarding a spat between himself and Chicago Sky player Natasha Cloud that saw him ejected from his seat at a game on Sunday. Reuters was not immediately able to reach White. The sources described the move as an effort to sow division within the WNBA and court attention, amid a nation