Former basketball player Enes Kanter Freedom argues with WNBA star Natasha Cloud. (Getty Images: Michael Reaves)
Enes Kanter Freedom was kicked out of a WNBA game after an explosive confrontation with players.
Freedom recently said he identified as a woman and would nominate for the WNBA draft as a result.
Kanter and fellow former player Royce White have been platforming against transgender athletes competing in women's sport.
Former NBA centre Enes Kanter Freedom has been ejected from an Indiana-Chicago WNBA game after Sky guard Natasha Cloud yelled and pointed in his direction late in the third quarter.
Freedom was sitting along the baseline on Sunday night (Monday AEST). He had on a black shirt that read "WOMAN noun. adult human female".
The Fever called for a timeout after Cloud scored with 1:22 left in the third. Cloud then went to confront Kanter, who held his arms out and took one step on the court. Security and a handful of Sky players stepped in between the two before the dispute escalated.
Freedom was then escorted from the court area. He displayed his shirt as he walked toward the lobby. He had a conversation with a group of police officers before departing Wintrust Arena.
Sky coach Tyler Marsh said the team had rallied around Cloud.
"Tash didn't wanna feel like she was a distraction and I told her she wasn't," he said.
"I told her that we all embrace her as someone that protects our team and protects people that need to be protected. Tash is always going to stand on that, and we stand for Tash."
Freedom and Royce White, another former NBA player, declared themselves eligible for the WNBA draft this month, saying they identified as women.
Sophie Cunningham insists she wants to protect the sanctity of women's sport, but her comments have opened her league up to an unprecedented attack.
"I'm transgender. I'm a woman … I identify as sometimes identifying as a woman for purposes of … professional basketball," White previously said.
Freedom said he and his team had reviewed the WNBA's eligibility criteria and its approach to self-identification and inclusion, and argued that if declaring an identity were sufficient, then he met the requirements to compete.