Enes Kanter Considers Legal Action Against Chicago Sky After Finding No Valid Reason Over Ejection

Security dragged Enes Kanter out of Wintrust Arena mid-game. It was after a heated exchange with Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud that ended his courtside appearance. What began as a physical removal has since escalated into a legal standoff, with Kanter now threatening to sue the team over how that ejection was justified.

Kanter argued during a Fox News appearance that his removal from Sunday’s Sky-Fever game was never warranted in the first place, breaking down exactly what he did and didn’t do.

“I did not cross over the baseline or sideline, and we’re not allowed to touch any players, obviously, the fans. So I didn’t break any rules,” he said (h/t) Evan Sidery. “So for them to come out and throw me out of the game, and literally, you know, they said his actions was equal to shooting a gun."

"I just cannot believe it," he added. "I don’t know who is this PR person, but they’re doing a terrible job. So we might be looking into a lawsuit for sure, because this is unacceptable.”

Asked by OutKick why Enes Kanter didn’t receive a warning, Sky principal owner Michael Alter said. “That’s when he became a potential threat. We had league security, we had arena security, we had Indiana Fever, Chicago Sky security, Chicago Police Department, all of them were there. All of them acted immediately… it was the quickest decision I’ve ever seen in someone being ejected from a game.”

Kanter didn’t hold back in his response to not being warned. “Me and my legal team will definitely be taking actions against Chicago Sky and Michael Alter,” he said in a separate interview, adding, “I don’t think they know what they’re talking about.”

He also argued that Cloud, not him, should have faced discipline. “Natasha Cloud should have been the one that’s thrown out of the game or get fined,” he said. “We wrote to, you know, commissioner and the task force. We are waiting for them to hear back. But this is just unacceptable. This is not what a sportsmanship look like.”

Multiple accounts of the incident, including from fans seated nearby, agreed with Kanter. Cloud approached the baseline first and began shouting and pointing at him after scoring a basket, and Kanter’s response was standing and raising his arms, which came after, not before, her outburst.

The Enes Kanter Ban That’s Since Grown More Complicated

The situation escalated further this week when the Sky announced Enes Kanter is now banned from attending future games at Wintrust Arena. Alter stated that the team determined he’d “demonstrated to us, unequivocally, that he has the potential to be a threat.”

That ban has created an asterisk on Kanter’s stated intent to enter the 2027 WNBA Draft. When asked whether the ban would still apply if Kanter were playing for an opposing team visiting Chicago next season, Alter declined to engage with the hypothetical.

“That’s a good one,” he said. “I’m not gonna comment on that ridiculous question… do you really care about the truth here, or do you just wanna have fun with this whole thing?”

This isn’t the first time Kanter has escalated a public dispute into threats of legal or political action. During his NBA career, he became a vocal critic of the Turkish government over human rights issues, a stance that led Turkish prosecutors to seek an Interpol arrest notice against him and forced him to skip international travel with his team out of safety concerns.

That same willingness to fight publicly and escalate rather than back down has been carried into his WNBA campaign. A self-declared draft bid has now produced a real ban from an NBA arena, and if Kanter follows through, an actual lawsuit against a professional sports franchise and its ownership.

Neither the Sky nor the WNBA have indicated any softening of their position as of this report. This has left Kanter’s threatened legal action as the next concrete step in a saga that’s shown no signs of cooling since it began weeks ago.