WNBA legend Cheryl Miller dismissed the current feedback from former NBA gamers Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White, saying she has little curiosity in giving them extra consideration.
“I’m not giving them, these two, particularly, a complete lot of thought, as a result of there’s outsiders trying to hijack our community,” Miller advised TMZ Sports activities. “It’s horrible vitality. It’s horrible vitality.”
Miller mentioned she would beforehand have welcomed each gamers at WNBA video games however not feels the identical method.
“I might have cherished to see these two sitting courtside, you recognize, watching the sport 30 years in the past, 20 years in the past, 5 years in the past, 5 minutes in the past. However now rapidly, y’all acquired a collective assume tank? Man, shut that noise up.”
She as an alternative needs the deal with basketball and the approaching playoffs.
“All I’m targeted on, for actual, for actual, 100%, is 13 video games remaining in The Dub. Playoffs are across the nook. You bought spots 4, 5, six, seven, and eight battling to get house court docket place. That’s what my focus is about.”
Miller acknowledged that transgender eligibility will finally should be addressed.
“I might undoubtedly let cooler heads prevail proper now,” she mentioned.
“We wish to defend everybody. And we don’t wish to exclude anybody, however I simply assume all of us have to take a seat down within the low season and collectively get our heads and minds round this problem. Clearly, it’s a hotbed.”
She additionally downplayed the controversy surrounding DiJonai Carrington’s anti-white racist bodily assault on Sophie Cunningham.
“It’s not a fiasco. It was a tough foul. She was ejected for it. She wasn’t suspended the subsequent sport, so play on.”
Miller nonetheless sees a profit from the eye surrounding the WNBA: “As a result of it’s all eyes on the W.”
Hoops Legend Cheryl Miller Blasts Enes Kanter, Royce White Over WNBA Declarations https://t.co/5UycV8zFGx
— TMZ Sports activities (@TMZ_Sports) August 12, 2026
