Natasha Cloud Dismisses Enes Kanter Freedom After Aug. 23 Ejection and Ban

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 29

Natasha Cloud, speaking publicly for the first time since the Aug. 23 incident, called Enes Kanter Freedom an “irrelevant person” and said her focus was on threats that “actually affect women and children.”
The clash came during Chicago’s loss to Indiana when Freedom, seated courtside in a shirt defining a woman as an “adult human female,” exchanged words with Cloud before standing and stepping toward the court as security intervened.
Chicago Sky owner Michael Alter later banned Freedom from future games at Wintrust Arena unless he can show he will follow team rules and no longer pose a potential threat; Cloud praised the move and said she hopes the WNBA follows suit.
WNBA conduct rules allow teams to eject spectators, revoke tickets and bar future attendance, while Alter has said there is no formal roadmap yet for lifting Freedom’s ban.
Cloud cast the episode as part of broader WNBA culture-war tensions, saying repeated controversies around the league stem from men rather than from trans people or other marginalized groups.