Start with the obvious: no trans woman currently plays in the WNBA. This entire stunt is responding to a hypothetical, not a reality. There is no wave of trans athletes "dominating" women's basketball. There isn't one on a WNBA roster right now. The premise the stunt is built on doesn't exist.

Angel Reese doesn't just show up. She shows up and changes the room.

Since leaving the Chicago Sky and landing in Atlanta, Reese hasn't just helped push the Dream to No. 6 in the WNBA standings - she's turned their arena into the hottest ticket in the league. After just 15 home games this season, Atlanta has already blown past their entire 2025 attendance record. We're talking 100,369 fans through the doors as of August 3, compared to 98,560 for the whole of last season, which had 20 home games. And they've still got two more home games to play after clinching a playoff spot. Playoff crowds are usually the biggest of the year, so that 100K mark landing with seven games still on the clock? That's not luck. That's star power.

Women’s basketball history is set to be made in Philadelphia. Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 league co-founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart, will bring its high-energy format to Xfinity Mobile Arena on January 30, 2026. The back-to-back matchups mark the league’s first official tour stop—and the city’s first professional women’s basketball games since 1998.