Enes Kanter Freedom has been banned from the Chicago Sky arena, team owner Michael Alter said. 

The former NBA player, who is trying to enter the 2027 WNBA Draft, had an altercation with Natasha Cloud while sat courtside at the Wintrust Arena at the weekend. 

Kanter has thrown himself into the heart of the trans athletes debate by trying to take advantage of WNBA eligibility rules by entering the Draft. A league source recently said it is 'not going to give oxygen to efforts designed to mock the league or use this topic to demean and marginalize others', calling it a 'publicity stunt', per Front Office Sports.

He attended the Sky game against the Indiana Fever wearing a provocative t-shirt that included a definition of the word woman. 'Woman. Noun,' it read. 'Adult human female.' The words woman and female were highlighted in red.'

Cloud stormed over to Kanter and a furious argument broke out between the two, with a viral clip of the incident showing the pair shouting at each other. Cloud was held back by security as he stood up and spread his arms. 

He was ejected from the arena and will now no longer be permitted to return, with the Sky owner stating he showed the 'potential to be a threat' during the incident.  

'He has demonstrated to us, unequivocally, that he has the potential to be a threat,' Alter said, via ESPN. 

He added that the only way he will ever be permitted to return is if 'sometime in the future, he's able to prove to us that he's able to abide by our rules without being a potential threat.' 

Alter met with the media to address the situation that occurred, revealing he learned on the day of the game that Kanter would controversially be attending via a text from his agent to GM Jeff Pagliocca.

He was unaware of where he would be seated, and admitted his 'one regret' is deciding not to inform his team's players before the game.

'It was pretty clear to us that his purpose of coming here was trying to be provocative and just see how much attention he could get,' Alter added. 

He went on to allege that Kanter started the dialogue with Cloud, having spoken to multiple eyewitnesses.

'They each confirmed that the dialogue between Cloud and Kanter started with Kanter,' he said.

'He began to chirp with her sometime in the third quarter. I would characterize it as trash talking, nothing personal. Basketball-related, but enough to get her attention and to engage her, and in my opinion, to try to provoke her.

'He portrays as this victimless person who did nothing, said nothing. Just wearing a t-shirt ... We have five different security authorities that all agreed very quickly to throw him out because he made himself into a threat.'

In a Fox News interview earlier in the day, Kanter insisted he 'did not break any kind of rules' as he responded to the prospect of being banned.  

'I did not step over the baseline,' he continued. 'I simply got up and just opened my arms. So they should not be banning me from any games and I am so excited for the playoffs.

'I cannot wait to go to every playoff game that Indiana Fever plays. It's going to be fun because I'm a fan of the game.'

He also accused Cloud of starting the confrontation between them, alleging she initiated the exchange with a comment about Sophie Cunningham. 

He told OutKick: 'Sophie Cunningham shot a three, and I put my hands up to celebrate. Literally, a couple [of] possessions later, Natasha came back and started screaming and yelling and said, "She's not gonna sleep with you." 

'And I was like, "I am not trying to sleep with her. I'm just here to protect women and support her." And then, obviously, after that, she started yapping, and she started to walk towards me, and literally I just got up, and then I was like, "I'm just here to protect women, and that's all."

'She started to yell. She started to use some very heavy language. She started to actually cuss, and I was very shocked that there were a lot of kids and that there were a lot of teenagers at that game.

'I just cannot believe that she was just cussing and using those F-bombs in front of all these kids. I’m sure she’s loved in Chicago and many kids are idolizing her and stuff, but that’s not how a WNBA athlete should react.'