Jaden Ivey claims he was cut for preaching Gospel, claims Bulls' reason for release is a 'lie'

Former Chicago Bulls subordinate Jaden Ivey maintained that nan behaviour he showed successful going against nan NBA’s Pride Month and anti-LGBTQ beliefs was not detrimental to nan team.

The Bulls waived Ivey aft he posted a rant connected societal media calling nan NBA’s Pride Month "unrighteousness." Chicago said that Ivey committed behaviour detrimental to nan team.

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Jaden Ivey #31 of nan Chicago Bulls warms up anterior to nan crippled against nan Denver Nuggets astatine nan United Center connected Feb. 7, 2026 successful Chicago, Illinois. (Jayden Mack/Getty Images)

"My behaviour was not detrimental to nan team," he said successful an quality connected nan "PinPoint Podcast." "That is simply a lie. I was a bully teammate to those astir me. I was a bully teammate connected nan floor. I made nan correct plays. I did precisely what nan coach asked maine to do connected a regular basis. Whatever was needed, immoderate was required of maine to do, I was willing. So, my behaviour was not detrimental to nan team."

Ivey said he was only trim because he was preaching "the connection of God."

"It is strictly because I said nan truth of nan connection of God and was preaching nan Gospel," he continued. "That’s why it was detrimental to nan team. I witnessed to galore connected my squad nan truth and those things.

"Everyone has their beliefs. Everyone believes successful something. If personification tin speak and curse and speak astir unrighteousness astir immoderate it whitethorn be, past I tin speak nan truth and that’s because my God says to speak nan truth to nan lost, to those who don’t cognize Jesus, to those who are not calved again."

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Jaden Ivey of nan Chicago Bulls successful action during nan crippled against nan Brooklyn Nets astatine Barclays Center connected Feb. 9, 2026 successful New York City. (Evan Bernstein/Getty Images)

Ivey besides said successful nan podcast he tried to dice by termination aggregate times.

"I’m not ashamed to opportunity it. I’m not ashamed to opportunity it because God was merciful to support maine here," he said. "I almost committed suicide. I had Oxy pills successful my hands, and my woman was telling me, ‘Don’t do it. Don’t do this. Don’t spell down for illustration this.’ And God was convicting me. And I didn’t cognize nan truth. I didn’t do it by God’s grace. He kept maine here."

Ivey pushed backmost connected nan communicative that he’s "crazy."

"It’s really sad," he said. "They don’t opportunity to personification who’s going to clubs, ‘Are you crazy?’ They don’t look to personification that’s smoking weed, ‘Are you crazy?’ But to beryllium nan Christian proclaiming nan truth, preaching nan Gospel, I’m looked astatine arsenic crazy and person a intelligence unwellness and I’m psycho and I request thief and I’m crazy because I emotion God.

Jaden Ivey of nan Chicago Bulls reacts during nan crippled against nan Brooklyn Nets astatine Barclays Center connected Feb. 9, 2026 successful New York City. (Evan Bernstein/Getty Images)

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"But I emotion God. I emotion my family, my children. I emotion them and will springiness my life for them and move into them and I’m going to do nan will of God successful Jesus’ sanction and do his will that he whitethorn beryllium glorified. Not my will beryllium done, but his will beryllium done."

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