Los Angeles Sparks forward Cameron Brink on Monday wasn’t having it with former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom over his newfound, conservative-friendly crusade against trans inclusion in the WNBA.
“He’s a stupid piece of shit, and I think a lot of people think that. I think he’s just trying to stay relevant,” said Brink in a Threads clip shared by The Mirror’s Jarrod Castillo, following the Sparks loss to the Atlanta Dream on Monday.
Brink’s comments arrived just a day after Freedom’s heated, mid-game clash with the Chicago Sky’s Natasha Cloud.
The 11-year NBA veteran — who sat along the baseline and donned a shirt that read, “WOMAN noun. adult human female” — was ejected after taking multiple steps onto the court during a fiery back-and-forth with Cloud.
Critics such as Stephen A. Smith and Charlamagne tha God have since bashed Freedom over what they called a “classless” stunt and a “spectacle around a hypothetical problem.”
Sky owner Michael Alter has since banned Freedom from the team’s home games for the foreseeable future, arguing it was “pretty clear” he attended the game to be a provocateur.
There are no known trans women playing, or having played, in the WNBA.
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Like a barnacle attaching to a whale, Freedom has affixed himself to the debate around trans women in women’s sports as of late, announcing he identified as a woman and declaring himself for the 2027 WNBA Draft earlier this month.
Brink, when asked by Castillo about debate around trans women’s in women’s sports, said, “I think it’s a non-issue, and I think it’s people trying to just come for the trans community, and I just don’t stand for that.”
Brink said she thinks most people are tuned into the WNBA “for the right reasons.”
“But I think taking something that’s a non-issue right now and just trying to use it for clickbait or for views for likes, and then targeting a vulnerable community, is just really low,” she said.
Freedom declared in a Fox Business appearance on Thursday that he’s “here to protect women” and, should he make it into the WNBA, he would be “beating Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point record.” (Note: That record was actually set in the NBA, where Freedom made a career-high 33 points in a game 10 years ago.)