Enes Kanter Freedom has formally submitted paperwork seeking entry into the 2027 WNBA Draft, arguing that he meets the league’s current eligibility requirements.
The 34-year-old former NBA center revealed his signed letter Monday.
“Please accept this formal document as my official written notification to the Women’s National Basketball Association of my voluntary decision to enter the player pool for the 2027 WNBA Draft,” the letter states.
Freedom also cited the WNBA’s collective bargaining agreement.
“Consistent with the current league collective bargaining agreement, I am submitting this notice to exercise my draft rights and to affirm that I am at least twenty-two years old and that I have no remaining intercollegiate eligibility, as required by Article XIII, Section 1(b).”
Freedom first announced his plans Friday, saying, “If simply declaring who you are is all that’s required, then I meet every single requirement necessary to compete in the WNBA.”
He insisted the move was not a joke, but an effort to have the existing rules “be applied equally to everyone – the rules that represent the very values many WNBA players and coaches have publicly advocated for.”
Former NBA player Royce White has also expressed interest in entering the draft amid the ongoing debate over transgender eligibility in women’s basketball.
Enes Kanter Freedom ‘Officially’ Declares For 2027 WNBA Draft https://t.co/3K7H86CvTa
— TMZ Sports (@TMZ_Sports) August 10, 2026
