Patrick Beverley rips Enes Kanters WNBA trans stunt: You aint even from here

Patrick Beverley has built a reputation for wild antics and viral quotes post-retirement from the NBA.But he has also spent years arguing that women’s basketball deserves the same respect as the men’s game.

Now he believes Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White are turning it into a political prop.The two former NBA players have announced plans to enter the 2027 WNBA Draft in an effort to challenge the league’s transgender eligibility policy.Whatever message Freedom and White hoped to deliver, Beverley viewed their approach as a stunt that demeaned the WNBA and the women who helped build it.“Enes Kanter, Royce White, I don’t like what y’all are doing at all,” Beverley said on “The Pat Bev Show”.“I think y’all disrespecting the brand that showed y’all a lot of respect.

I think y’all disrespecting the game of basketball, period.You talk about Enes Kanter; you ain’t even from here.

You come to another country, they give you $102 million in the NBA.”Kanter and White have described their declarations as tests of the WNBA’s rules rather than sincere gender transitions.The league’s collective bargaining agreement states that only women are eligible to play but does not explicitly define the term or detail a transgender participation policy.The WNBA has rejected their campaign as a “bad-faith” effort to exploit the debate and marginalize others.

Freedom, meanwhile, has said additional former NBA, G League and European players are considering joining his effort.“You’ve made a name for being in the NBA, and you gonna come in here and say you want to try out for the WNBA?” Beverley said.“I understand the point y’all are trying to make.

What y’all doing, it ain’t right.”Beverley did not clearly answer the underlying question of whether transgender women should be eligible to play in the WNBA.He said he has transgender and gay relatives and expressed “love for everybody,” while focusing his criticism on Freedom and Whi...