Second ex-NBA first-round pick eyes WNBA Draft: 'I'm transgender. I'm a woman'

Royce White says he wants to enter the 2027 WNBA Draft, hours after Enes Kanter Freedom made a similar announcement. White, who is also running in Minnesota’s Aug. 11 Republican Primary for Senate, told Fox News: “I’m transgender. I’m a woman.” He said he sometimes identifies as a woman for the purpose of basketball and will declare for the draft in 2027. No transgender or male player has previously competed in the WNBA. The league’s collective bargaining agreement states only women can play. White, 35, is a 6-foot-8, 260-pound forward, formerly a first-round pick (16th overall) by the Houston Rockets in 2012.