Kanter Freedom, White ineligible for WNBA draft

Two basketball figures whose careers have long defied conventional trajectories — Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White — have been ruled ineligible for the WNBA draft, according to a source close to the league. The decision, issued without public explanation, quietly raises a deeper question that sports institutions periodically must confront: who belongs, and by whose definition. In the space between written rules and their application, the boundaries of competition reveal something about the values a league chooses to protect.