Jaden Ivey no longer has an NBA team to play for.
The Chicago Bulls waived Ivey following his anti-LGBTQ comments on social media.
In an official statement posted to its Instagram account on Monday, the Bulls confirmed Ivey’s release.
“The Chicago Bulls announced today that the team has waived guard Jaden Ivey due to conduct detrimental to the team,” the statement read.
The Bulls’ announcement came hours after Ivey spoke out against the league for celebrating Pride Month.
“The world can proclaim LGBTQ, right?” Ivey said, according to USA Today, “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.”
Later in the video, he shared that he was dealing with depression in the past.
IVEY RESPONDS TO BEING CUT
Following the Bulls’ decision to cut Ivey, he took to Instagram Live to address the decision.
“How is my conduct detrimental to the team? Because of what I believe? Because of what the truth is?” Ivey said in the video, shared to his page.
“They proclaim it on the billboards. They proclaim it in the streets. Unrighteousness,” Ivey continued. “So how is it that one can’t speak righteousness? How are they to say that … this man is crazy?”
Selected with the fifth overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons, Ivey averaged 16.3 points and 5.2 assists. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. During the 2024-25 season, despite being limited by a fibula injury.
Bulls’ head coach Billy Donovan spoke about mental health after Ivey’s comments.
I think in this day and age, you have to be conscientious of all these guys may be going through things,” Jared Weiss of The Athletic.
In February 2026 when he was sent to the Bulls in a blockbuster trade. After appearing in just four games and averaging 11.5 points, he was released.