Bulls waive Jaden Ivey following multiple social media tirades
CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls are waiving Jaden Ivey after the guard made anti-LGBT statements in a series of lengthy religious tirades on Instagram, a source confirmed to the Chicago Tribune. Ivey spoke for more than three hours in total during three separate Instagram live sessions over the last week. Several hours later, the Bulls made the decision to waive the guard, who was in the final weeks of his contract.
In a statement, the team referred to “conduct detrimental to the team. ” “They show it to the world,” Ivey said during an Instagram Live session on Monday. “They say come join us for Pride Month to celebrate unrighteousness.
They proclaim it. They proclaim it on the billboards. They proclaim it in the streets.
Unrighteousness. So how it is that one can’t speak righteousness? How are they to say that this man is crazy?
” ESPN was the first to report the team’s decision to waive Ivey. The Bulls had announced Thursday that Ivey, 24, had been shut down for the season due to a knee injury. The Bulls acquired Ivey at the trade deadline in a three-team trade that involved sending Kevin Huerter to the Detroit Pistons.