Sky Owner Breaks Silence on Decision to Ban Enes Kanter Freedom

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

Enes Kanter Freedom drew an unprompted jab from ESPN's Tim MacMahon during analysis of Klay Thompson's move to the Miami Heat on a recent podcast.

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

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.

WNBA team bans Enes Kanter Freedom after explosive ccourtside clash with Natasha Cloud  MARCA

'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

If Enes Kanter Freedom wants to keep making his point, he'll have to do it some place else.

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

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.

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.

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 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