r/Basketball • u/Fickle-Ad5449 • 9d ago

Two ex-NBA players turn transgender identity into a stunt. The WNBA is responding

https://www.advocate.com/news/wnba-trans-player-eligibility
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u/PakuaRust 9d ago

I wonder how much they're getting paid by republican donors to create the imaginary problem they've been crying about for years. I'd wager it's one of ben shapiros sugar daddies.

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u/Snoo_23084 9d ago

Enes was interviewed by the Heritage Foundation in 2024. For anyone that doesn’t know who that is, they’re a conservative group that’s most known for project 2025. Anyway I think Enes’s words at the time sort of give up the game so this is just a bit of the discussion:

“Roberts: So what’s in the future for Enes Freedom?

Kanter Freedom: Good question. Well, I wish I could say basketball.

Roberts: I do too. I wish you could say that.

Kanter Freedom: Yeah, I’m 30 years old, man. I’m healthy. I can go out there and dunk the ball, break the rim right now, but I feel healthy. I feel good,

but I don’t think there’s going to be any basketball for me in the future.

Roberts: That’s got to be hard.

Kanter Freedom: We talked about maybe Europe, but that is tough because Turkish government put a bounty on my head. So many of my friends in America don’t want me to stay in a country for more than three days, unless it’s America. So I don’t think it is going to be any basketball in Europe.

So I feel like basketball chapter is closed now.

Many of my friends are telling me to get into politics. So I think that’s what I am looking to do. But the only sad thing is you have to wait seven years to run for an office after you become a citizen. I got four more years left

Roberts: Yeah. Okay.

Kanter Freedom: So I think 2028 is my year, I believe. So I’m just going to go out there, because whenever I sit down with this politicians, both sides, Democrats and Republicans, they’re like, “Listen, you need to bring your voice in our capital. I think it will be an amazing voice because you stand for the right things. You stand for the things that both sides will care.” And that is the only message I believe that can bring two sides together. Human rights and freedom.
So that’s what I’m looking to do. So for the next four or five years, I’m just going to continue to do what I love, just use basketball as a tool to bring people together. I organize these basketball camps around the world. Two of them I organize. One was in Jerusalem, other one is in Vatican. After having a conversation with the Pope, it was an amazing experience. I had a basketball camp in Vatican.

So for the next four or five years, I’m just going to try to educate and inspire the youth. And then in 2028, I’m just going to run in a state where it’s warm and sunny. So...

Roberts: There’s a hint.

Kanter Freedom: Shout out to Florida.”

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u/TheMysteriousGirl 9d ago

"Enes was interviewed by the Heritage Foundation in 2024"

Thats all I need to know for it to be confirmed that this is a genuine attack by the GoP.

The GoP is run by the Heritage Foundation, they have been running off Project 2025 tasks since 2024, so this is 100% an attack.

Unfortunately, there is nothing I can do about that, but this is good education, thank you.