Enes Kanter is officially banned from Wintrust Arena, and the former NBA big man is now threatening to drag the Chicago Sky into the courtroom.
After a courtside confrontation with Sky guard Natasha Cloud during Sunday’s game against the Indiana Fever, the Chicago ownership slapped Kanter with an indefinite ban from their home games. However, the former Boston Celtics center refused to accept the punishment quietly and has escalated the conflict with his latest comments.
Enes Kanter Hints at Legal Action Over Chicago Sky, Natasha Cloud Confrontation
The fiasco erupted late in the third quarter of a heated matchup between Chicago and Indiana. Kanter sat courtside wearing a black shirt that read “WOMAN noun. adult human female” as part of his ongoing trans athlete stunt.
After scoring an inside bucket, Cloud celebrated with a chest bump with teammate Aicha Coulibaly before locking her sights on Kanter.
Cloud marched toward Kanter, yelling and pointing aggressively as the latter stood up and took a step toward the edge of the playing surface. Security personnel and multiple Sky players got involved, and Kanter was eventually escorted out of the building.
In an exclusive interview with Outkick on Wednesday, Sky owner Michael Alter addressed the team’s decision to eject Kanter without a warning and ban him from the arena.
“That’s when he became a potential threat,” Alter said, highlighting that Kanter became a “threat” when he “took a step towards the court.”
“He wasn’t given a warning because certain threats don’t get warnings. To use an extreme example: When you shoot a gun at someone, you don’t get a warning, ‘Don’t do that again.’ Your action doesn’t deserve a warning.”
However, Kanter denied instigating the spat or breaking the league’s Fan Code of Conduct and pointed the finger at Cloud and the Sky front office. He also sent a formal letter to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert demanding answers regarding his removal.
“I did not cross over the baseline or sideline, and we’re not allowed to touch any players,” Kanter said. “Obviously, the fans, so I didn’t break any rules. So for them to come out and throw me out of the game, and literally, they said his actions was equal to shooting a gun. I just cannot believe it.”
“I didn’t break any of the rules.”
Enes Kanter Freedom tells “Hannity” he is considering a lawsuit after being ejected from a Chicago Sky game, insisting he never crossed onto the court or touched a player.
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“Natasha Cloud should be the one that’s thrown out of the game or get fined,” Kanter continued. “We wrote to commissioner and the task force. We are waiting for them to hear back, but this is just unacceptable. This is not what sportsmanship looked like. So we’ll just wait to see what happens.”
With Kanter’s 2027 WNBA Draft declaration amid the trans-athlete controversy, the standoff between the former Celtics center and the W had long been brewing, but the Wintrust Arena ban has just poured gasoline on the fire.
With legal threats flying and the Sky firm on their stance, the controversies continue to bleed into the league’s media circles, with the playoffs barely a month away.
