{"id":869710,"date":"2026-08-24T13:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/869710\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T13:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:04:09","slug":"enes-kanter-freedom-alleges-wnba-star-made-sophie-cunningham-comment-before-confrontation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/869710\/","title":{"rendered":"Enes Kanter Freedom alleges WNBA star made Sophie Cunningham comment before confrontation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/category\/wnba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Indiana Fever<\/a> put on a show on Sunday night, cruising past the Chicago Sky, 113-90, at Wintrust Arena. Unfortunately, the 30-point efforts by Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/enes-kanter-freedom-sophie-cunningham-rally-indiana-fever-wnba-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">overshadowed by Enes Kanter Freedom<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former NBA star showed up to the game and ended up in a courtside confrontation with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/wnba-natasha-cloud-green-dildo-troll-nsfw-rant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sky star Natasha Cloud<\/a>, which ultimately led to him being escorted from his seat and removed from the arena. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kanter Freedom stepped over a cameraman and onto the baseline, sparking a verbal confrontation with Cloud. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cloud did not speak to the media following Sunday night\u2019s game, so she has not shared her side of the story, but Kanter Freedom alleges she made a comment about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/sophie-cunningham-dating-boyfriend-relationship-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Fever star Sophie Cunningham<\/a> before the incident escalated. He made the comments while <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Outkick\/status\/2091756287893926105?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">speaking to FOX News\u2019 Jack Thompson<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WATCH:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/enes-kanter-kicked-out-fever-sky-game-wnba-natasha-cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Enes Kanter Freedom kicked out of Fever-Sky game after confronting Natasha Cloud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enes Kanter Freedom Shares His Side Of Natasha Cloud Confrontation<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Enes Kanter Freedom says Natasha Cloud confronted him after he celebrated a Sophie Cunningham three-pointer, telling him, \u201cShe\u2019s not gonna sleep with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He tells <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JackThompsonFOX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@JackThompsonFOX<\/a> the exchange eventually ended with security removing him from the arena and says he still doesn\u2019t\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pTIxEliq5H\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/pTIxEliq5H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OutKick (@Outkick) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Outkick\/status\/2091756287893926105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 24, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kanter alleges he celebrated a Sophie Cunningham three-pointer during the third quarter, which was her only basket of the game, before Cloud confronted him. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m a huge fan of basketball, I\u2019m a huge fan of women\u2019s basketball, and I was there to watch the game, and I was really excited because I am a huge fan of the Fever,\u201d Kanter said. \u201cIt was towards the end of the third quarter, Sophie Cunningham shot a three, and I put my hands up to celebrate. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/enes-kanter-freedom-wnba-ejection-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Enes Kanter Freedom responds to WNBA ejection after courtside confrontation<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLiterally, a couple possessions later, Natasha came back and started screaming and yelling and said, \u201dShe\u2019s not gonna sleep with you.\u2019 I was like, \u2018I am not trying to sleep with her. I\u2019m just here to protect women and support her.\u2019 And then, obviously, after that she started yapping, and she started to walk towards me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kanter continued his story, calling out Cloud for the language she used during the incident. <\/p>\n<p><img data-od-added-loading=\"\" data-od-removed-fetchpriority=\"high\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='elementor elementor-68004 elementor-location-single post-221262 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-wnba tag-chicago-sky tag-enes-kanter tag-indiana-fever tag-natasha-cloud tag-sophie-cunningham tag-wnba mv-content-wrapper']\/*[3][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[14][self::FIGURE]\/*[1][self::PICTURE]\/*[2][self::IMG]\" loading=\"lazy\" data-wp-picture-wrapped=\"\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BASKETBALL-WNBA-CHI-IND-22-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"WNBA: Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky\" class=\"wp-image-221203\" \/>Aug 23, 2026; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Turkish-American former basketball player and human rights activist Enes Kanter Freedom is seen prior to a game between the Indiana Fever and the Chicago Sky at Wintrust Arena. Mandatory Credit: Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images Credit: IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect (Reuters)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe started to use some very heavy language. She started to actually cuss, and I was very shocked,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019m sure she\u2019s loved in Chicago, and many kids are idolizing her and stuff, but that\u2019s not how a WNBA athlete should react.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kanter Freedom has been trolling the league on social media for weeks, since the issue of transgender athletes in women\u2019s sports re-entered the headlines. Kanter Freedom released a video mocking transgender athletes and claiming he would enter the 2027 WNBA Draft and is now identifying as a woman. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cloud clearly had enough. After the game, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/natasha-cloud-wnba-security-enes-kanter-freedom-confrontation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">she reportedly met with league security<\/a>, so it will be interesting to see if the league addresses the situation and decides to prevent Kanter Freedom from attending any future games after disrupting Sunday\u2019s action. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/subscribe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy free coverage of the top news &amp; trending stories with The Big Lead Newsletter<\/a> \u2014<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indiana Fever put on a show on Sunday night, cruising past the Chicago Sky, 113-90, at Wintrust&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,726,71219,2803,4651,10879,82,630],"class_list":["post-869710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chicago-sky","tag-enes-kanter","tag-indiana-fever","tag-natasha-cloud","tag-sophie-cunningham","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}