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The conservative media machine doesn’t want Jaden Ivey to get help. It wants him to keep talking.

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Parker Molloy
Apr 2∙ Paid

If you don’t follow the NBA, here’s the short version of what happened this week: a 24-year-old basketball player named Jaden Ivey got cut from the Chicago Bulls, and the right-wing media machine turned him into a martyr overnight. The longer version is a lot sadder than that, and a lot more complicated than any of the people championing him want you to…

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