Chicago Sky owner opens up on Enes Kanter Freedom ejection, makes analogy to shooting a gun

Chicago Sky owner Michael Alter compared Enes Kanter Freedom's ejection from Wintrust Arena to shooting a gun, saying certain threats don't get warnings.

Jason Williams, the mixtape favorite known as “White Chocolate” and a 2006 NBA champion with the Miami Heat, became the latest voice in hoops to reject Enes Kanter. Kanter has made headlines in recent weeks by trying to insert himself into the ongoing discourse surrounding transgender athletes’ participation in women’s

Chicago Sky owner Michael Alter broke his silence on the decision to ban former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom this week.

The WNBA‘s Chicago Sky have banned former pro basketball player Enes Kanter Freedom from the team’s arena after he got into an altercation with one of its players over the weekend. Sky Owner Michael Alter told reporters Tuesday that Kanter will not be permitted inside the Wintrust Arena moving forward “unless sometime

Enes Kanter receives embarrassing advice from Jason Williams on how to qualify for the WNBA  MARCA

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

The 6-foot-10, 250-pound former NBA player was removed from Sunday's game after he was confronted by Sky guard Natasha Cloud.

During the Sky's 113-90 defeat against the Indiana Fever on Sunday, Kanter Freedom was seated courtside when Sky guard Natasha Cloud started pointing and shouting at him

Sky owner says Enes Kanter Freedom is banned from home games, calling him 'a potential threat'  AP News

Chicago Sky announced on Tuesday that former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom would be banned from the Wintrust Arena.

August 25, 2026 9:49 PM ET A “threat”? … They really went there.Michael Alter, the owner of the Chicago Sky, stated Tuesday that former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom is banned from Wintrust Arena following Sunday’s confrontation with guard Natasha Cloud.The ruling was revealed by Alter in an address to beat writers. (

The Chicago Sky have banned Enes Kanter Freedom from their home games after the former NBA centre was ejected from Sunday’s loss to the Indiana Fever.

'He has demonstrated to us, unequivocally, that he has the potential to be a threat,' Sky owner Michael Alter said

The Chicago Sky have banned Enes Kanter Freedom from their home games after the former NBA center was ejected from Sunday’s loss to the Indiana Fever

Enes Kanter Freedom banned from Chicago Sky home games; no WNBA ban  USA Today

After his incident with Natasha Cloud during Fever vs. Sky, Freedom won't be returning to Wintrust Arena anytime soon.

The Sky's owner said he has not spoken to the league about whether it has plans to ban Freedom from other WNBA arenas.

The Sky have banned Enes Kanter Freedom from attending their games. Principal owner Michael Alter spoke to local Chicago media to give his account of Sunday’s incident at the Fever game, when Natasha Cloud and Kanter Freedom got into a verbal altercation and Kanter Freedom was ultimately ejected. His view, summed up, w

Enes Kanter Freedom was thrown out of the Sky's loss to the Fever on Sunday night after a confrontation with Natasha Cloud.

Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom has been banned from future Chicago Sky home games after a confrontation with guard Natasha Cloud led to his ejection from Sunday’s game. Sky owner Michael Alter told local reporters on Tuesday that Freedom would not be allowed to attend the team’s games at Chicago’s Wintrust Arena

Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White are not eligible for the WNBA draft  Chicago Tribune

Former NBA players Kanter Freedom, White not eligible for WNBA, sources say  Reuters

NEW YORK, Aug 24 : Two former NBA players who sought to enter the 2027 WNBA draft are not eligible to participate in the women's basketball league, according to sources around the league on Monday. Enes Kanter Freedom, who played in the National Basketball Association for over a decade from 2011, and Royce White, who s

The trans women in sports panic is nothing but a stalking horse for permitting violence against trans people-and we should celebrate players like Natasha Cloud who say so.

Sources: Kanter Freedom not WNBA-eligible; arena ban TBD  ESPN

Why Enes Kanter Freedom is trending  CNN

Dave Zirin The trans women in sports panic is nothing but a stalking horse for permitting violence against trans people—and we should celebrate players like Natasha Cloud who say so.

Former NBA centre Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from Sunday night’s Indiana-Chicago WNBA game after he was confronted by Sky guard Natasha Cloud late in the third quarter.

Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom is ejected from the Women's NBA match between the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever after becoming involved in a verbal altercation with Sky guard Natasha Cloud.

Kanter was ejected from the Indiana-Chicago WNBA game after he was confronted by Sky guard Natasha Cloud on court.

The former NBA centre was sitting baseline in a slogan T-shirt when the Sky guard confronted him during a timeout with 1:22 left in the third quarter.

Enes Kanter Freedom issues statement after being ejected from WNBA game following clash with player  talkSPORT

Enes Kanter Booted From WNBA Game After Confrontation With Player  Forbes

Enes Kanter Freedom  HuffPost

Former NBA center criticized WNBA’s transgender policy Cloud yelled and pointed in his direction after scoring Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from Sunday night’s Indiana Fever v Chicago Sky WNBA game after he was confronted by Sky guard Natasha Cloud late in the third quarter. Freedom was sitting a

Enes Kanter Freedom’s Exchange With Natasha Cloud Goes Exactly as Expected  Sports Illustrated

Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from Fever-Sky game after he was confronted by Sky’s Cloud  Toronto Star