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Enes Freedom Kicked Out of WNBA Game In ‘Adult Human Female’ Shirt
Dallas Express | Aug 24, 2026
Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom sits courtside at the Indiana Fever-Chicago Sky game on August 23, 2026. | Image via Libs of TikTok.
Arena security ejected former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom from Sunday’s Indiana Fever-Chicago Sky game after Sky guard Natasha Cloud yelled, pointed and moved toward him during a timeout. Freedom sat courtside in a black shirt defining a woman as an “adult human female.”
Footage from Wintrust Arena showed Cloud turn toward Freedom after she scored with 1:22 left in the third quarter and Indiana called a timeout. Freedom stood with his arms extended and took one step onto the court, The Associated Press reported.
Full video of Enes Kanter Freedom being removed from the Sky–Fever game at Wintrust Arena after an altercation with Natasha Cloud. pic.twitter.com/ZmwnQjW33z
— Colin Salao (@colincsalao) August 24, 2026
Security and several Sky players moved between them before arena personnel escorted Freedom from his baseline seat. He displayed the front of his shirt to the crowd as he walked toward the lobby, where he spoke with Chicago police before leaving.
Freedom later wrote on X, “I just got kicked out of a @WNBA game for supporting WOMEN! Let that sink in, AMERICA!”
Fever fan Trista Smith, who sat beside Freedom, said he did not speak before Cloud approached. “Natasha Cloud made a basket, came and got in his face, so he stood up, put his hands up and she was talking to him. That’s it,” Smith told Front Office Sports. Smith said she did not know Freedom before the game.
The WNBA fan code says guests who attempt to enter the court face immediate ejection. Neither the league, the Sky nor Wintrust Arena had publicly said whether that rule or another factor prompted Freedom’s removal by late Sunday.
Eligibility fight follows him into arena
Freedom announced Aug. 7 that he had declared for the 2027 WNBA Draft to challenge the league’s eligibility language, The Dallas Express previously reported. The league has not publicly ruled on his declaration.
The WNBA’s 2026 collective bargaining agreement states, “Only players who are women are eligible to play in the WNBA.” The 409-page document does not define “women” or mention athletes who identify as “transgender.” League executives discussed the issue Aug. 12 without announcing a new rule, as DX reported.
Sky responds
Sky forward Azurá Stevens called it a “fan incident” and said security handled it during the team’s official postgame conference. Coach Tyler Marsh said the team stood behind Cloud but acknowledged personnel “had to settle Tash down a little bit.” Cloud did not appear at the postgame news conference.
Indiana won 113-90, eliminating Chicago from playoff contention.