The owner of WNBA team Chicago Sky used a gun analogy to explain the knee-jerk ejection of NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom from a recent game.
Freedom was wearing a shirt that defined what a woman is when Sky player Natasha Cloud was triggered and made a scene during a game against the Indiana Fever last week.
Freedom has claimed that the altercation happened after he cheered for Fever guard and pro-women’s sports champion Sophie Cunningham. Freedom claimed Cloud yelled at him, “She’s not going to sleep with you,” from the court and started cursing.
Cloud appeared to be coming toward Freedom when he stood up, but security quickly removed Freedom from the arena.
The Chicago Sky owner compared Enes Kanter Freedom taking one step forward from his courtside seat in his altercation with Natasha Cloud to shooting a gun at someone…
“He wasn’t given a warning because certain threats don’t get warnings… when you shoot a gun at someone, you… pic.twitter.com/7EWBNmWX9Y
— Jon Root (@JonnyRoot_) August 27, 2026
In an exclusive interview with Outkick, Chicago Sky owner Michael Alter said that Freedom became a “threat” the moment he “took a step toward the court” and was subsequently banned from Wintrust Arena.
“We had league security, we had arena security, we had Indiana Fever, Chicago Sky security, Chicago Police Department; all of them were there. All of them acted immediately. All of them, you know, it was the quickest decision I’ve ever seen in someone being ejected from a game.”
When pressed on why Freedom wasn’t given the standard warning before ejection, Alter dropped the gun analogy.
“He wasn’t given a warning because certain threats don’t get warnings,” he said.
“To use an extreme example, uh, when you, when you shoot a gun at someone, you don’t get a warning, ‘Don’t do that again.’ It, it’s, you know, your action doesn’t deserve a warning.”
Stepping on the court is grounds for immediate ejection according to WNBA rules, Outkick reported. But Freedom claims he never stepped on the court, and Alter admits he isn’t sure either.
“The security were there to stop him … The Indiana Fever guy was right there. He was right in front of him. The guy from the arena, Monterey, was right there. It took a second for Chicago’s guys to go to get there, but they got there pretty damn fast,” Alter said.
“I can’t tell you what his intent was beyond his actions,” he added. “I don’t know what was in his head, OK. Neither do you. And if he tells you what’s his intent based on the other things he’s told you, you have to know he is completely unreliable.”
Plenty of X users believe Freedom’s shirt had something to do with the ejection:
BREAKING: Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom was just REMOVED from the WNBA arena after standing up with this shirt pic.twitter.com/2jnjOwBwmN
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 24, 2026
So, I guess 2000 people wearing the same shirt should show up and see what happens. Record it and make them famous.
— GuerrillaBrain (@GuerrillaBrain) August 25, 2026
The irony of the statement “Freedom has the potential to be a threat”.
— Tim Catana (@catanatim) August 25, 2026
So a bunch of mentally ill, unhinged, women can’t control themselves when they see the definition of “woman” on a shirt and it’s the fault of the guy wearing the shirt when they become violent?
— Wendy (@wendy_nm) August 26, 2026
The theater of the absurd. The Left are insane and have lost all perspective on reality. Zero common sense. It’s hilarious to watch, but also deeply disturbing.
— Anne🎹🎶🇺🇸 (@AnneKristin0806) August 25, 2026
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