​Enes Kanter Freedom. Image via: Getty Images​Enes Kanter Freedom was pulled out of Wintrust Arena during the third quarter of Sunday's Fever-Sky game, and the fallout has outlasted the final buzzer by days. Security walked him off the baseline to a wall of boos after a heated back and forth with Sky guard Natasha Cloud, and within minutes he was telling his side of the story online.What happened in that stretch of the third quarter is still getting pieced together from competing accounts. Fans who watched it unfold from courtside disagree on who started it, and Freedom's own explanation has only added more layers to a night that briefly overshadowed a dominant Fever win.Why was Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from the Fever-Sky game?Enes Kanter Freedom, an 11-year NBA veteran who last played in the league in 2022, was seated courtside wearing a shirt reading "Woman noun. Adult human female." Cloud scored a basket late in the third quarter and appeared to direct comments his way from the floor. Freedom stood, put his hands up, and within moments arena security had moved in and walked him out while both Fever and Sky fans booed.Fan Trista Smith, who said she was sitting next to him, backed his version of events. "She came and got in his face, so he stood up," Smith told reporters, adding that she didn't know Freedom before that night and didn't think the ejection was fair.Sky forward Azurá Stevens kept her postgame comments brief. "There was just a fan incident, security handled it," she said, before turning the conversation back to the game.Coach Tyler Marsh said Cloud didn't want to become a distraction and that the team told her otherwise. "We all embrace her as someone that protects our team," Marsh said, adding that Cloud has the Sky's full support. Fever guard Caitlin Clark said she missed the whole thing. "I didn't see it," she said, noting her focus was on the huddle. Fever coach Stephanie White downplayed the incident afterward, calling it a distraction from a franchise-record 18 three-pointers and Clark's own career high. "It's a social media thing," she said.Enes Kanter Freedom reacts to his ejectionFreedom didn't wait long to respond. "I just got kicked out of a WNBA game for supporting WOMEN!" he posted, framing the removal as retaliation for his stance rather than anything he did on the baseline. In a separate post, the ex NBA star added, “It’s always women hating on other women.”He'd already stirred things up before tipoff, sharing a video of a confrontation with protesters outside the arena and posting from a restroom line during halftime referencing WNBA "rules."The league's collective bargaining agreement states that only women are eligible to play, though it doesn't define gender identity directly, and Freedom has said he intends to enter the 2027 WNBA Draft. The league has not said whether the incident will carry any further consequences.Fans react to Enes Kanter Freedom's ejectionSocial media picked the story up fast, and reactions split in almost every direction. Some mocked the situation, some defended Freedom, and others used it to take shots at the league itself.Colin (@BasedCLC): "They ejected a woman?"Daniel (@golfandstufff): "Looks like they could use "her" help…. Busy arguing with the crowd and not playing ball…"bbowden18 (@Bluestown901): "LET HER PLAY!"Will Van Booraem (@WillVanBooraem): "Kicking out the projected #1 overall pick in the 2027 WNBA draft is crazy"Kaneki (@Sadboy0801): "She wanted her voice heard 😭😂😂"NQ OWNER (@nqowner): "Yapping at the audience while being down by 6 is crazy work🤣🤣🤣"Most of the replies leaned into the joke rather than the politics behind it, though a handful used the moment to criticize the league's handling of the incident entirely.