Former NBA first-round pick Royce White has officially declared for the 2027 WNBA Draft, according to a signed notice of draft declaration sent to the WNBA league office and obtained by Fox News Digital. The move comes just hours after another former NBA player, Enes Kanter, said he intended to do the same, fuelling the ongoing debate over men competing in women's sports leagues.

White, a former men's college basketball star, signed the declaration on Monday, making him the second former male NBA player in quick succession to seek entry into the women's league. The article does not detail the WNBA's eligibility rules or how the league is expected to respond to the declarations, but frames the development as part of a wider "culture war" over gender and participation in women's sports.