Sam Miller

Waiving Jaden Ivey wasn’t a victory for inclusion. It was a lesson in athlete expendability | NBA

Waiving Jaden Ivey wasn’t a victory for inclusion. It was a lesson in athlete expendability | NBA

When the Chicago Bulls waived Jaden Ivey on Monday, after he made a series of unprompted anti-LGBTQ and religiously charged comments on social media, the move was framed as a response to “conduct detrimental to the team.” On the surface, the situation appears straightforward: a player said something controversial, and the organization acted. But there’s…

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