The Chicago Bulls have waived guard Jaden Ivey due to conduct detrimental to the team, they announced on Monday. The news comes after Ivey posted a series of videos ranting about religion and other topics on social media in recent weeks, with one on Monday morning calling out the NBA for celebrating Pride Month, saying it's celebrating "unrighteousness."
Ivey, 24, has spoken in the past of dealing with depression. The Bulls acquired Ivey in a trade with the Detroit Pistons last month. He appeared in four games for the Bulls before being shut down for the rest of the season due to a left knee injury.
Ivey was drafted with the No. 5 pick in 2022 and featured early for a rebuilding Pistons team before knee issues limited him to just 30 games in 2024-25 and kept him out for several games this season.
Of course, if Ivey was say openly supportive of DEI policies or spoke out against police brutality, the Bulls wouldn't have any issues with his views or right to free speech and thus would leave him alone. But since we're talking about a professional athlete who also happens to be a Christian and who isn't afraid to stand up for his beliefs, he gets waived. Hypocrisy, much? Yeah, me thinks so.
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