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Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom got booted from Sunday night\u2019s WNBA game (Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky) at Chicago\u2019s Wintrust Arena after a brief confrontation with a player on the court.<\/p>\n

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Freedom, wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the definition of the word \u201cwoman,\u201d was ejected just before the end of the third quarter after a brief confrontation with Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud. With 1:22 left in the quarter, Cloud scored \u2013 and the Fever called for a timeout.<\/p>\n

Cloud approached the baseline where Freedom was seated, pointing and shouting at him \u2014 and he raised both arms and stepped toward the court. Several other players and officials jumped between them, preventing the confrontation from escalating.<\/p>\n

Freedom spoke briefly with police before leaving the arena.<\/p>\n

He had attended the game, as well as a pregame rally, to show his support for Indiana Fever shooting guard Sophie Cunningham \u2014 who has become a popular target for pro-trans activists since she declared her support for biological women in sports and sex-specific spaces for women and girls.<\/p>\n

Protests and rallies have followed the Fever to several recent games, and on several occasions, women and girls who have shown their support \u2014 either for biological women in sports or for Cunningham \u2014 have been harassed or told that if they didn\u2019t cover up their XX-XY Athletics shirts, they would be forced to leave.<\/p>\n

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The WNBA\u2019s unwillingness to draw a hard line between male and female prompted Freedom and fellow former NBA player Royce White to declare for the 2027 WNBA draft.<\/p>\n

As The Daily Wire previously reported, Freedom had declared himself a 2027 prospect, saying that he had reviewed the league\u2019s self-identification framework and met its requirements.<\/p>\n

White said the same, adding that he was \u201ca sometimes identifying transgender woman\u201d and said that if he was not drafted, he would \u201chave to file a discrimination lawsuit, right?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom got booted from Sunday night\u2019s WNBA game (Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky) at Chicago\u2019s Wintrust Arena after a brief confrontation with a player on the court.Freedom, wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the definition of the word \u201cwoman,\u201d was ejected just before the end of the third quarter after a brief confrontation with Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud. With 1:22 left in the quarter, Cloud scored \u2013 and the Fever called for a timeout.Cloud approached the baseline where Freedom was seated, pointing and shouting at him \u2014 and he raised both arms and stepped toward the court. Several other players and officials jumped between them, preventing the confrontation from escalating.Freedom spoke briefly with police before leaving the arena.He had attended the game, as well as a pregame rally, to show his support for Indiana Fever shooting guard Sophie Cunningham \u2014 who has become a popular target for pro-trans activists since she declared her support for biological women in sports and sex-specific spaces for women and girls.Protests and rallies have followed the Fever to several recent games, and on several occasions, women and girls who have shown their support \u2014 either for biological women in sports or for Cunningham \u2014 have been harassed or told that if they didn\u2019t cover up their XX-XY Athletics shirts, they would be forced to leave.The WNBA\u2019s unwillingness to draw a hard line between male and female prompted Freedom and fellow former NBA player Royce White to declare for the 2027 WNBA draft.As The Daily Wire previously reported, Freedom had declared himself a 2027 prospect, saying that he had reviewed the league\u2019s self-identification framework and met its requirements.White said the same, adding that he was \u201ca sometimes identifying transgender woman\u201d and said that if he was not drafted, he would \u201chave to file a discrimination lawsuit, right?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"\nEnes Kanter Freedom Booted From WNBA Game After Confrontation - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2565\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Enes Kanter Freedom Booted From WNBA Game After Confrontation - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom got booted from Sunday night\u2019s WNBA game (Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky) at Chicago\u2019s Wintrust Arena after a brief confrontation with a player on the court.Freedom, wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the definition of the word \u201cwoman,\u201d was ejected just before the end of the third quarter after a brief confrontation with Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud. 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