Enes Kanter Freedom's performative advocacy is emblematic of how men can be harmful to women's sports

On Sunday night at Wintrust Arena, the Chicago Sky took on the Indiana Fever in a heated game that the Fever took 113-90 — led by Caitlin Clark. The reason this game is on everyone’s timelines is not solely because of the majesty of women’s basketball.

It is because of the antics of former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom, who approached the baseline of the court and got into a verbal altercation with Sky’s Natasha Cloud.

Cloud is arguably a popular and talented player who is vocal on many issues of social justice. After the kerfuffle, Freedom was ejected from the building.

One might wonder why a former professional basketball player would engage with a player mid-game. Allegedly, he is wading into a debate about transwomen in the WNBA when, (un)ironically, there are no current players who identify as trans playing in the W.

Freedom was wearing a shirt that read: “Woman