Sky owner calls Enes Kanter Freedom lawsuit ‘meritless and frivolous’

CHICAGO — Chicago Sky owner Michael Alter says a lawsuit filed by former NBA centre Enes Kanter Freedom is “meritless and frivolous.” Freedom is alleging that his First Amendment rights were violated when he was ejected from the Sky’s WNBA game against the Indiana Fever on Aug. 23. He is seeking damages and the removal of his ban when it comes to attending games at Wintrust Arena. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Illinois, names Chicago Women’s Basketball Operations, LLC, which runs the Sky, the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, the corporation that owns the arena, and…