...Enes Kantner Freedom is neither. He's Turkish-American (naturalized) and has pretty solid progressive credentials: lots of high-profile human rights activism, he's organized and funded humanitarian relief (mainly food) in Gaza, got himself in trouble in his NBA days writing "Free Tibet," "Free Uyghur," on his shoes...followed by "Made with Slave Labor" after he got penalized for the previous slogans. Despite official denials by NBA leadership, his relatively early departure from the league is broadly considered to be a blackballing resulting from his refusal to stop his advocacy. He's been firmly opposed to fascistic Turkish dictator Recep Erdogan for years (vocally enough that he actually has an active arrest warrant there for "terrorism" sand his family has been harassed.).

His purpose with this stunt (declaring himself eligible for next season's WNBA draft) seems to be calling attention to the matter of transgender women competing in what were created to be female-only sports leagues and events. Some WNBA coaches, administrators, and players have been making some pretty, er..."interesting" statements on this, including one player who stated she'd be okay with transgender teammates (quickly amended after a hilariously obvious "oh wait" moment to "and opponents"). He's calling them out on their actual commitment to that.

This is occurring within the larger picture of several female athletes making statements to the effect of supporting keeping female athletics entirely female. WNBA player Sophie Cunningham was the first prominent voice, but many tennis players (including world #1 Arnya Sabalenka) chimed in after the WTA announced one-time sex testing. The new Olympic Committee chairwoman apparently just issued a similar statement today and the Olympics are set to institute (again) sex testing measures.

It's a messy issue, and preserving "women's sports" as the female-only branch of sports it was created to be while avoiding compromising anyone's (actual) rights is a complex matter. Or at least has been made into one...