Jaden Ivey’s mother, Niele Ivey, has come under scrutiny after the University of Notre Dame shared her national achievement on social media. The NBA player has been waived by his current team, the Chicago Bulls, after he made anti-gay comments on his Instagram Live session. And now, fans did not back away from mentioning the elephant in the room.
Jaden also made some demeaning comments on Steph Curry, which enraged fans and some fellow players. He was already suffering from a knee injury and was on and off the rotation this season. His mother Niele’s next national team bout was shared on X by Notre Dame Women’s Basketball and wrote:
“@IrishCoachIvey will be a USA Basketball Women’s National Team Court Coach for training camp April 1-3 in Phoenix”
One fan demanded that she answer a few questions and wrote:
“She has an elephant in the room to address”
Another fan asked Niele to stay home and help Jaden.
“She may want to stay home and help out her son. Just my own opinion.”
Another user commented in the same light and wrote:
“Feel like there may be somewhere else she is needed more.”
Another fan also mentioned her kid:
“Maybe she outta go take care of her kid…”
However, a section of fans even congratulated the Notre Dame head coach for her Team USA stint. One wrote:
“Team USA is in good hands. Highly Respected, Highly Favored, Highly Blessed
Go Team USA”
Niele Ivey was also appointed as the head coach of the U18 Women’s National Team earlier. Now, she will train the senior team in her next stint. However, her team, Notre Dame, suffered a difficult fate after being eliminated in an Elite Eight loss to first-seeded UConn, 52-70, on March 30.
Jaden Ivey shared another video after getting waived by the Bulls. He gave an emotional statement about how the NBA helped him become a better person. He also mentioned his family in another live session and revealed that some questioned him for his stance.
“Family members [are] betraying me,” Niele Ivey’s son Jaden Ivey shares heartbreaking things about family members
Jaden Ivey has been heartbroken with the recent happenings in the league and issued several updates about his life earlier, when he was not playing in the NBA. In another video on social media, he talked about how family members did not support him during his difficult times. He said:
“Those who are my family members [are] betraying me because of what I spoke. The truth. Betraying me. Saying that I’m losing my mind.
Ivey added:
“Saying that I’m crazy, that I don’t know the truth. These are my own family members who love me—my blood. Those who raised me said that I don’t know the truth. ‘Man, he’s psycho.’ He’s this, he’s that. Those are my own household… All because of the gospel. All because I said the truth.”
Jaden Ivey was traded earlier in February during the mid-season trade from the Detroit Pistons to the Chicago Bulls. He was limited to 30 games last season and suffered a knee injury that kept him out for an extended period.
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