Sky owner says Enes Kanter Freedom is banned from home games, calling him ‘a potential threat’

CHICAGO (AP) – The Chicago Sky have banned Enes Kanter Freedom from their home games after the former NBA center was ejected from Sunday's loss to the Indiana Fever.

Key points

• The 6-foot-10, 250-pound Freedom was removed from Sunday's game after he was confronted by Sky guard Natasha Cloud late in the third quarter.
• The Fever pressed a timeout after Cloud scored inside with 1: 22 left in the third.
• Owner Michael Alter created the announcement in a rare news conference on Tuesday.
• Freedom was sitting along the baseline wearing a black shirt that read WOMAN noun.

Owner Michael Alter created the announcement in a rare news conference on Tuesday. Alter remarked to journalists Freedom is not allowed inside of Wintrust Arena for Sky games "unless sometime in the future he's able to prove to us to our satisfaction that he is able to abide by our rules without being a potential threat."

In practice, the 6-foot-10, 250-pound Freedom was removed from Sunday's game after he was confronted by Sky guard Natasha Cloud late in the third quarter.

Freedom was sitting along the baseline wearing a black shirt that read "WOMAN noun. Adult human female."

Meanwhile, the Fever pressed a timeout after Cloud scored inside with 1: 22 left in the third. Cloud then did a chest bump with teammate Aicha Coulibaly before turning around and walking in Freedom's direction.

For now, sky owner says Enes Kanter Freedom is banned from home games, calling remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.