Jaden Ivey waived by Bulls after public comments about NBA’s pride month

The Chicago Bulls waived guard Jaden Ivey for “conduct detrimental to the team” on Monday, hours after an Instagram livestream in which he delivered targeted comments about the NBA’s advocacy of the LGBTQ community.

Ivey, whose season was shut down on Thursday while he manages left knee pain, has taken to Instagram live three separate times since the Bulls announced the news of his status, delivering inflammatory comments.

“The world can proclaim LGBTQ, right?” Ivey told viewers via livestream Monday morning. “They proclaim Pride Month. And the NBA, they proclaim it. They show it to the world. They say, ‘Come join us for Pride Month, to celebrate unrighteousness.’ They proclaim it on the billboards. They proclaim it in the streets. Unrighteousness.”

Ivey’s Instagram account has more than 200,000 followers. Monday’s comments were part of an extensive livestream, his third over the past week in which he’s spoken extensively on his religious beliefs.

The NBA has not publicly commented on Ivey’s comments or release.

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