2 top 25 CFB games and the rain stopped just in time for the Dodger game this evening. Everett’s ⚾️ game might have gotten rained out but sports are still alive and well in this household! #LDW
Two former NBA players just put the WNBA on notice.
Enes Kanter Freedom (Celtics) dropped a video Friday declaring for the 2027 WNBA Draft. Royce White (Rockets) followed hours later with the same move.
Their point is straightforward: If the standard is self-identification, then they meet the requirements. Freedom said he and his team reviewed the league’s eligibility framework around self-ID and inclusion. White went further, stating he’s “transgender… sometimes identifying as a woman for purpose of basketball” and will declare unless the league issues a clear rule that biological males are not eligible for the women’s league.
The WNBA’s collective bargaining agreement says only players who are women are eligible. It does not define “woman” or codify a pure self-ID pathway. That ambiguity is exactly what these two are forcing into the open.
This isn’t about them actually suiting up. It’s a deliberate pressure test of the rules many players and activists have publicly endorsed. Either the league draws a hard biological line, or it has to explain why self-declared eligibility works for some and not others.
It’s folks talking ball on here that didn’t witness how this man was moving. If you can’t remember him in a sonics jersey I don’t wanna hear what you got to say lmaoo
Jaylen Brown says long-time NBA players should receive equity in the franchises they help build
“If you work for Apple or Nike, and you’re a CEO or you’ve been there a long time, you get equity in the company.”
“I think athletes should be looked at the same way.”
“If you play for the Celtics for 20 years, you should get a piece of equity.”
“You helped create that growth.”
“That’s the part that gets lost in translation.”
“You get compensated for doing your job.”
“But you don’t get compensated for the growth.”
“In major corporations, you do.”
“That’s something I’ve proposed.”
“We’ve got another CBA coming up, so we’ll see.”
Free agency is here and, right now, my TL is all LeBron, all day. Where's he going, what are the Warriors doing, etc. That's fine. He's LJ. I get it! But I'll tell you what I'm actually watching, and it isn't LJ and marquee guys. It's the OGs.
Don't get me wrong, I love this young NBA. These kids are so skilled it's almost unfair, and athletic in a way that's crazy. Different game now. A better one in a lot of ways, and I mean that.
Here's my thing, though. When I came into the league I didn't know anything, not really, and it was the vets who raised me. Guys like Ervin Johnson and Lindsey Hunter and Ray Allen taught me how to carry myself, how to be a pro on the nights nobody's watching. Taught me about money. Shoot, taught me about golf, about how to be a man. I needed that. Most of these young guys need it too, whether they know it yet or not.
So yeah. Harrison Barnes going back to San Antonio, that one was obvious. Russell Westbrook getting tied to DC? I love it for AJ Dybantsa and them. And if you've got a young roster you're trying to grow, you have to call a Khris Middleton or a Mike Conley. Get somebody in that locker room who's seen it, lived it, and can pass on that knowledge.
They can still give you minutes, sure. But that's not really why you sign them. You bring them in for the kid who's got all the talent in the world and no idea what to do with it yet. The vet pulls him aside when the coaches can't. Shows him the little things nobody teaches you in college. Shows him how to play the game, but also live the life.
Each one teach one. That's how it used to worked in the NBA. Let's make sure the young guys get that same guidance.
Michael B. Jordan’s advice for anyone feeling stuck in life
“When you’re feeling the most trapped and down and nothing can go right, those are the moments that define you. People quit right before they get what they’ve always wanted”
“Having the name Michael Jordan, knowing there was another Michael Jordan who was the best ever got me teased and picked on. For a moment, it made me not want to play sports but then I was like nah, I’m going to compete. It gave me a healthy chip”
“For the people who are listening who feel like they can’t change their circumstances, just hold on. Just endure. Look at things differently. Challenge yourself to see the glass half full”
“Find something that resonates with you, find your intuition within that thing and be obsessed about it”