Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom was banned from future Chicago Sky games after getting into a heated argument with a player during a game.Freedom played 11 seasons in the NBA, ending his stint in 2022. He’s recently taken up the cause of barring transgender athletes from sports not matching with their biological sex, and on Sunday attended a game between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky wearing a shirt reading, “WOMAN noun. adult human female.” The former NBA star got into a verbal altercation with Sky guard Natasha Cloud in the third quarter, resulting in his ejection from the game.In a rare Tuesday press conference, Sky owner Michael Alter announced that Freedom was banned from Wintrust Arena for Sky games. The ban will remain in place, “unless sometime in the future he’s able to prove to us to our satisfaction that he is able to abide by our rules without being a potential threat.”
“It was pretty clear to us that his purpose of coming here was trying to be provocative and just see how much attention he could get and stir up and create,” Alter said.Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud argues with former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom, right, during the second half of a WNBA basketball game against the Indiana Fever, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
