The WNBA and its players' union have not clarified whether Julie Tétart, a transgender basketball player dominating a French women's league, would be eligible to play in the American league. The question has gained traction amid a wider debate over transgender inclusion in women's professional basketball, fuelled partly by commentator Clay Travis floating Tétart as a potential recruit for a proposed "inclusive" WNBA expansion team.

Tétart, who is transgender and biological male, plays for Monaco in Ligue Féminine 2 (LF2), France's second-tier women's basketball league, averaging 21 points and 20 rebounds per game. The story comes amid broader ongoing controversy around trans participation in the WNBA, including recent incidents involving a Lynx coach's shirt and a fan being told to put away a sign at a game.