Enes Kanter Freedom says he’s in touch with FBI after death threats over WNBA Finals plans

Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom says he is in contact with the FBI after receiving death threats over his plans to attend Game 3 of the WNBA Finals in Atlanta, including messages warning that he would be "the next Charlie Kirk ." Freedom told OutKick that he intends to attend Wednesday’s game between the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries despite the threats, and said he was arranging security for his return to a WNBA arena following his ejection from a Chicago Sky game in August.

"So we are in touch with FBI.

We have our own security," Freedom said, adding that Georgia Gov.

Brian Kemp’s office has already provided him security as well.

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But we are in touch with FBI as well.

There's going to be a lot of FBI officers around the game, so, and they will be protecting us." A spokesperson from Kemp's office told OutKick, "Our office connected their team with the appropriate law enforcement resources." Freedom described receiving "thousands of death threats" after announcing that he would attend the game.

The claimed number of threats and the federal and state security arrangements he described have not been independently confirmed.

Asked about the worst threat he had received, Freedom described a message warning that he would be "the next Charlie Kirk." "Look, I'm just simply saying that I'm going to be attending the game," he said.

"My DMs are full of pictures and videos of the moment that Charlie Kirk got shot, and they're saying that you're going to be next very soon," Freedom continued.

"It's a shame." Freedom also shared a video compilation on social media Tuesday presenting messages as threats against him ahead of his trip to Atlanta.

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ET Wednesday at State Farm Arena.