America First Policy Institute (AFPI) is a nonprofit conservative think tank, founded in 2021 to promote Trump’s policy agenda. Recently, during the WNBA’s “trans rights” hysteria campaign, former NBA center Enes Kanter partnered with AFPI to publicize his declaration for the 2027 WNBA draft. Enes Kanter is claiming he is transitioning into being a woman. According to the rules and standards the WNBA currently has in its CBA, that’s enough. No other professional sports league or tour is this incompetent when it comes to something like this.

I originally referred to this as “one of the funnier & more well thought out stunts I’ve witnessed– maybe ever”, and that’s become the case. This has become HILARIOUS, wrecking the WNBA (which just about everyone loves), while penetrating to the heart of the matter. This is the kind of story you are looking for as an integrated writer.

Enes Kanter is forcing the WNBA to define a woman, which it doesn’t want to do, or else face the consequences on draft night in April 2027. The exact date is still TBD, and if the WNBA & the WNBAPA don’t get their act together and get serious on what a woman is before this date, they are going to be humiliated on draft night– Enes Kanter watch parties, talk-show speculation, online wagering, etc. You can’t let that happen if you are the WNBA commissioner. Incompetent leadership has let it get this far, and most sports fans don’t see any brains in the room with the WNBA, so…

Enes Kanter (& others) are declaring themselves women, without having any transition surgery, hormone therapy, etc, and they expect the “inclusive” WNBA to receive them as women– unless the WNBA can agree on a definition of a woman and codify it with testing & criteria into the CBA. When that happens, these stunts end, and Enes Kanter is a man again. I honestly think Enes Kanter prefers being a man, but it’s his/her choice and I respect that. Do you see how fair & inclusive I am here? I’m sure Enes Kanter appreciates this kind of support.

Enes Kanter is currently hyping up which WNBA organization he’d like to play for. He says if the Indiana Fever pick him, he would be dunking Caitlin Clark lobs, then chest-bumping her afterwards, which he/she points out he/she could do because he/she is now a woman. That’s hard to write, much less fathom. Enes Kanter claims he/she was inspired by Gaby Williams, who said she would welcome a trans player on her team– or as an opponent.

Look for the Golden State Valkyries to be a player in the Enes Kanter sweepstakes– unless Gaby Williams really wasn’t serious about playing with men who have transitioned into women. No one from the WNBA or ESPN has checked-in with Gaby Williams on her trans stance since Enes Kanter declared for the 2027 WNBA draft. I think most WNBA players are hiding from this issue and wish it would go away. Sophie Cunningham is still the only one in the WNBA who has said out loud that the trans emperor is in his/her underwear. Cheryl Miller, perhaps the greatest women’s basketball player ever, is getting shut down by basketball fans. What does that tell you?

Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve, who recently wore a “trans kids belong” t-shirt on national TV to scapegoat Sophie Cunningham, hasn’t shared her “thoughtful comments” with the media on Enes Kanter as a self-declared woman. Now is the time, Cheryl Reeve. The WNBA label it “bad faith”, but how do they know what is in Enes Kanter’s mind? The whole argument from DEI warriors is transgenders are misunderstood, and need an inclusive & supportive environment to foster their ambitions & talents, etc. Enes Kanter has said, it isn’t his intention to “mock, make fun of, or disrespect any community or personal choices.” That has to be taken at face value by the WNBA, otherwise they are hypocrites. This is what happens when someone who is a smarter than you calls your bluff.

No WNBA team is going to draft Enes Kanter next April, whether the WNBA has fixed their CBA shortcomings or not. WNBA teams won’t draft Enes Kanter on principle, if nothing else. But again, if Enes Kanter is still a woman, because the WNBA hasn’t codified a woman into their CBA before the draft, then it’s going to be a freak show on draft night.

Every day now, this WNBA trans rights stalking horse gets brought up in the media, on social media & blog sites. What is Cathy Engelbert going to do? She blew the 2026 WNBA CBA on transgender issues by not doing her job last winter. The WNBA prefers to create scapegoats and cast dispersion on others, instead of taking care of their issues. The WNBA is a tool of the Democratic Party, so that’s who Cathy Engelbert ultimately has to answer to. The Democrats say, “Keep confusing the public on XX v XY, it’s helping with our conservative agenda of pushing everything to the far right. Keep doing that and you’ll be well-paid and protected from your actions.”

Enes Kanter has the right-wing AFPI behind him, so the Democrats can’t just make this go away. It’s going to be in the news through the mid-terms in November. The far right has the DEI WNBA cold on this one, and it was too easy to be an accident. The Democrats don’t want a left wave winning in November. They only want to maintain their seats at the tables of power. Enes Kanter is part of this cynical process, but so is the WNBA, so one side accusing the other of ‘bad faith’ is the pot calling he kettle black.

This is the position the WNBA put themselves into, and few people actually feel sorry for them. There’s supposed to be no crying in basketball, but all the WNBA does is bitch, whine, and lend support to reactionary agendas. Will the WNBA adopt WTA, LPGA or IOC criteria for women, that have been well-established & fair to all athletes? That is the question. The science is there, and everybody knows a man from a woman, but will the WNBA acknowledge it? It’s post-modernism v rational science; the WNBA v Enes Kanter.

* Over 95% of the population, anywhere, agrees with Enes Kanter & Sophie Cunningham and how they define men & women. That, and political muckraking are why this story isn’t going away. Even though Enes Kanter & Sophie Cunningham are MAGA supporters, non-Republicans can still support these strong women, and by doing so they make it a popular win over reactionary DEI, instead of a far-right coup for Trump.

** As far as the WNBA players go, they’re in an awful position from lack of due diligence in leadership positions– top to bottom. It’s that simple. This can’t be dealt with now, because obviously players have strong opinions and different sides with a lot of confusion, and you can’t be hammering that out when you’re playing basketball. It’s having a negative impact on play on the court and nothing can be done about it. Plus– the refs, clock-keepers, and replay officials are still horrible, another issue they apparently neglected last winter. Yeah, that sucks as a player, but they did this to themselves. Why weren’t their agents or player representatives tabling this transgender issue last winter? ESPN asked Sophie Cunningham about it in February, and the Olympics codified gender eligibility & testing on March 26, 2026. Was everyone in the WNBA oblivious to this issue at the time because they really only cared about the money? Apparently yes. When the WNBA playoffs end, this can get done, no sooner. Will it get done, and if it does, what form will it take are TBD. When it’s finally done, the WNBA commissioner whoever she is, will be making the announcement in front of a packed media gathering. It will be a year too late, as that nag stalking horse is a loser every time.

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