{"id":369679,"date":"2026-08-13T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-former-nba-players-say-theyre-drafting-to-the-wnba\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T10:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T09:00:21","slug":"why-former-nba-players-say-theyre-drafting-to-the-wnba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-former-nba-players-say-theyre-drafting-to-the-wnba\/","title":{"rendered":"Why former NBA players say they\u2019re drafting to the WNBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/pxdsw9OK8f8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why former NBA players say they\u2019re drafting to the WNBA\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pxdsw9OK8f8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Former NBA players Royce White and Enes Kanter Freedom declared \u201celigibility\u201d for the WNBA in protest of the league\u2019s transgender policies. CNN\u2019s Ben Hunte explains why they\u2019re doing this, as advocates and the WNBA players\u2019 association responded by emphasizing inclusion and opposing hate toward transgender people. #cnn, #news, #sports, #wnba<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NBA players Royce White and Enes Kanter Freedom declared \u201celigibility\u201d for the WNBA in protest of the league\u2019s transgender policies. CNN\u2019s Ben Hunte explains why they\u2019re doing this, as advocates and the WNBA players\u2019 association responded by emphasizing inclusion and opposing hate toward transgender people. #cnn, #news, #sports, #wnba<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":369680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128809],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-369679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cnn"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why former NBA players say they\u2019re drafting to the WNBA | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Why former NBA players say they\u2019re drafting to the WNBA for free, here on News ISC. 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