Former NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom begins ‘transition to the WNBA’ with shirtless workout

Nypost · Aug 11, 2026 · 373 words · By Edward Lewis

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Former Utah Jazz center Enes Kanter Freedom said on Tuesday he’s officially begun his “transition” to a WNBA player — and he announced the move with a video that already has social media buzzing.

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Freedom shared a clip of him lifting weights while shirtless on his X page at around 7:30 a.m., and by noon, it had already garnered over 1.5 million views.

Common ground

“Let ‘The Transition’ to the @WNBA begin,” Freedom wrote in a caption on the footage.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Freedom shared a clip of him lifting weights while shirtless on his X page at around 7:30 a.m., and by noon, it had already garnered over 1.5 million views.”

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Web search results explicitly confirm that Freedom shared a shirtless workout video on X at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday and that it garnered over 1.5 million views.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kerem Kanter (born 29 April 1995) is a Turkish professional basketball player for the Seoul Samsung Thunders of the Korean Basketball League. He played college basketball for Wisconsin–Green Bay and t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerem_Kanter

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Enes is a Turkish male given name derived from the Arabic name Anas. The name originates from one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Anas ibn Malik. In the Balkans, Enes is popular amo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enes

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Enes Kanter Freedom (Turkish pronunciation: [eˈnes kanˈtæɾ fɾiˈdom]; born Enes Kanter; May 20, 1992) is a Turkish and American human rights activist and former professional basketball player who playe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enes_Kanter_Freedom

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Claim 2: “Freedom played in the NBA from 2011 to 2022, logging minutes for the Jazz, Thunder, Knicks, Trail Blazers and Celtics.”

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The claim is confirmed by both Wikipedia and multiple web sources, detailing his tenure in the NBA from 2011 to 2022 and listing the specific teams: Jazz, Thunder, Knicks, Trail Blazers, and Celtics.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2011 NBA draft was held on June 23, 2011, at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The draft started at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (23:00 UTC), and was broadcast in the United States on ES…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_NBA_draft

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Claim 3: “On Monday, Freedom officially declared for the 2027 WNBA Draft, sharing a video of him signing a document that requested the league formally make him draft-eligible.”

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Multiple sources (Yahoo Sports and other web results) confirm that on Monday, Freedom officially declared for the 2027 WNBA Draft and shared a video of himself signing the request document.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred. July 4, 2026 was the 250th anniversary of the signing of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_the_United_States

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a women's professional basketball league in North America composed of 15 teams (14 in the United States and 1 in Canada), scheduled to expand to 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_National_Basketball_As…

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Claim 4: “Freedom initially announced his intentions to join the WNBA on Friday”

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Evidence from web search results confirms that Freedom announced his desire to play in the WNBA on Friday, August 7.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robin Byron Lopez (born April 1, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected with the 15th pick in the 2008 NBA draft by th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Lopez

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Claim 5: “Former Utah Jazz center Enes Kanter Freedom said on Tuesday he’s officially begun his “transition” to a WNBA player”

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Multiple independent web sources (Yahoo Sports, TikTok, and other news reports) confirm that Enes Kanter Freedom announced he has begun his 'transition' to becoming a WNBA player.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Royce Alexander White (born April 10, 1991) is an American political candidate and former professional basketball player who was the Republican Party's nominee in the 2024 United States Senate electio…
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