{"id":4985,"date":"2026-08-26T17:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4985"},"modified":"2026-08-26T17:41:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:41:00","slug":"enes-kanter-freedom-banned-from-sky-arena-over-potential-to-be-a-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4985","title":{"rendered":"Enes Kanter Freedom Banned From Sky Arena Over \u2018Potential To Be A Threat\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A \u201cthreat\u201d? \u2026 They really went there.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Alter, the owner of the Chicago Sky, stated Tuesday that former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom is banned from Wintrust Arena following Sunday\u2019s confrontation with guard Natasha Cloud.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4983\">Therapy Center Owner Accused Of Using Dead Shrink\u2019s Credentials, Committing Medicaid Fraud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ruling was revealed by Alter in an address to beat writers. <strong>(RELATED: Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White \u2014 Former NBA Players Who Declared For WNBA Draft \u2014 Ruled Ineligible: REPORT)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has demonstrated to us, unequivocally, that he has the potential to be a threat,\u201d said Alter, per ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear how it was determined that Freedom could be threatening.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>The incident between Freedom and Cloud took place in the third quarter of Chicago\u2019s defeat against the Indiana Fever. After Cloud scored, the Fever called a timeout, and she ended up directing her energy at Freedom, who was sitting around the basket. Freedom got out of his seat and began walking toward Cloud, and immediately, security and Sky players got in the middle of the two.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4981\">\u2018Home Alone\u2019 Star Tim Curry Dead At 80<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s call this what it actually is: pure theater.<\/p>\n<p>To label a high-profile spectator \u2014 an ex-NBA player who spent a decade in the league \u2014 a \u201cthreat\u201d because he reacted to a player trash-talking in his direction is ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p>When Cloud decided to direct her celebration toward Freedom, she opened the door to interaction. Freedom standing up and taking a few steps in response certainly warranted security stepping in to maintain distance, but jumping straight to a ban and framing him as a menace is an extreme overreach.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m just saying, if standing up after being barked at is enough to get someone banned, arenas might as well clear out the first three rows entirely.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4976\">Tributes Pour In As World Mourns Loss Of Dolly Parton<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Alter, the owner of the Chicago Sky, stated Tuesday that former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom is banned from Wintrust Areana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2670,3669,2612],"class_list":["post-4985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-banned","tag-enes-kanter-freedom","tag-womens-national-basketball-association"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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