Enes Kanter Freedom. Image via: Getty ImagesEnes Kanter Freedom went looking for a moment, and he got one, maybe not the kind he wanted. The former NBA center's latest push to insert himself into the WNBA's transgender-athlete debate ended in an on-court shouting match, an ejection, and a public rebuke from Robert Griffin III, who called the whole thing "lame."What happened at the Fever-Sky game: Enes Kanter Freedom's WNBA anthem stunt backfires Freedom showed up to Sunday's Chicago Sky vs. Indiana Fever game wearing a shirt reading "Woman, noun. Adult human," and stood inches from the court during the national anthem. He kept the stunt going at halftime, posting a photo of himself outside a women's restroom captioned "It's halftime and I need to use the restroom... Rules are rules." Then in the third quarter, Sky guard Natasha Cloud walked up to the baseline after hitting a basket and started yelling and pointing straight at him. Freedom stood up, stepped toward the court with his arms out, and security stepped in and escorted him out. On his way, he pumped his fist, mocked Cloud with a talking hand gesture, and waved to the crowd before flashing his shirt one more time.Freedom didn't back down afterward, posting: "I just got kicked out of a WNBA game for supporting WOMEN! Let that sink in, AMERICA! It's always women hating on other women." He'd earlier declared, alongside former NBA player Royce White, that he now "identifies as a woman" and plans to enter the 2027 WNBA Draft, part of an ongoing campaign tied to the league's stance on transgender athletes.RGIII blasts Enes Kanter Freedom: 'Causing more harm and damage to the women he claims to protect'RGIII didn't hold back. "Enes Kanter is causing more harm and damage to the women he claims he is trying to protect. THIS is lame," he wrote on X. He wasn't alone in the ripping. Sports media figures piled on fast.Pablo Torre called stepping onto the baseline and getting ejected on purpose "insanely pathetic," while columnist Jason Page went further, calling Freedom "the saddest excuse for an adult male that I have ever seen" and accusing him of being irrelevant until he decided to "troll the WNBA."The stunt lands in the middle of a debate that's been simmering since Fever star Sophie Cunningham's comments last month arguing biological males shouldn't compete in women's sports, a flashpoint that's since split fans and drawn protests on both sides.Whatever Freedom's intentions, this latest chapter did more to fuel the noise around the league than settle anything, and it's left even fellow athletes questioning whether his methods are helping the cause he claims to champion.
Enes Kanter Freedom’s WNBA showdown has everyone picking sides, but who was actually right?
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