Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom was escorted out of a WNBA game in Chicago after a heated courtside exchange with Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud, underscoring his escalating campaign against allowing biological males to compete in womens basketball and his declared intention to enter the WNBA draft by identifying as a woman.
According to The Post Millennial, the confrontation unfolded during a third-quarter timeout in the Chicago Skys matchup against the Indiana Fever at Wintrust Arena, when Cloud began shouting toward Freedom, who was seated courtside. Freedom responded and moved closer to the court before arena security intervened and removed him as sections of the crowd booed the decision.
Within minutes of being ejected, Freedom took to X to denounce what had happened and to frame it as a broader cultural moment. "I just got kicked out of a @WNBA game for supporting WOMEN! Let that sink in, AMERICA!" he wrote, following up with a second post declaring, "Its always women hating on other women."
Freedom, an 11-year NBA veteran and outspoken critic of authoritarian regimes in China and Turkey, has emerged as one of the few high-profile male athletes willing to publicly defend the integrity of womens sports. He has aligned himself with players such as Indiana Fever standout Sophie Cunningham, who has become a central figure in the debate, and whose team defeated the Sky 113-90 on Sunday.
Arriving at the arena, Freedom wore a shirt emblazoned with the definition of "woman," a pointed rebuke to gender ideology that refuses to recognize biological reality. He has previously clashed with Cloud after she labeled America "trash," responding by offering to buy her a one-way ticket to China, Russia, or Turkeycountries whose human-rights records stand in stark contrast to the freedoms she disparages.
Tensions were already high before tipoff, as video showed protesters surrounding Freedom outside Wintrust Arena, shouting at him and flipping him off while security formed a protective ring around the 6-foot-10 center. "We are getting attacked before the @WNBA game in Chicago," Freedom wrote as he posted footage of the incident, highlighting the hostility often directed at those who challenge progressive orthodoxy on gender.
Inside the building, Freedom continued to needle the leagues transgender policies, using humor to expose what many conservatives see as their logical absurdity. At halftime, he posted a photo of himself standing outside an arena restroom with the caption, "Its halftime, and I need to use the restroom Rules are rules @WNBA," a clear jab at the idea that self-identification alone should dictate access to sex-segregated spaces.
Freedom has now formally declared himself eligible for the 2027 WNBA Draft, a move designed to force the league to answer whether a biological male who simply identifies as transgender will be allowed to compete against women. His campaign comes as the WNBA faces mounting scrutiny over its transgender eligibility rules and growing pressurefrom fans, parents, and female athletesto state plainly whether womens sports will remain reserved for women.
After the game, Sky players largely sidestepped questions about the incident, reflecting the leagues reluctance to engage the controversy head-on. "There was just a fan incident, and the security handled it. Were going to just focus on the game," Chicagos Azura Stevens told reporters, declining to elaborate, even as the clash between biological reality and gender ideology continues to play out on and off the court.
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