Bulls reportedly waive Jaden Ivey after anti-LGBTQ comments

The Chicago Bulls have reportedly waived shooting guard Jaden Ivey, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Ivey was reportedly waived after recent anti-LGBTQ comments and religious rants. The Bulls’ move comes after the Chicago Sun-Times’ Joe Cowley reported on Monday that the team was working on an exit strategy for Ivey.

The Bulls move on from Ivey after acquiring him in February along with Mike Conley in a three-team trade that sent Kevin Huerter and center Dario Šarić and a future first-round pick swap to the Detroit Pistons and cap relief for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Ivey and Conley are now both no longer with the Bulls, after the team moved on from Conley before he played for the team.

Before his comments, Ivey struggled to find his place on the Bulls. Ivey played in four games and made three starts. After what Ivey reportedly believed was his first career DNP, he told the Athletic’s Joel Lorenzi he was no longer the player he used to be

“I’m sure people can call it out — I’m not the same player I used to be,” he said. “(The knee soreness is) why. I’m not the J.I. I used to be. The old J.I. is dead. I’m alive in Christ no matter what the basketball setting is.”

Before Ivey was traded, he struggled to regain his play and athlethism from his early years with the Pistons.

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