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 the behaviour helium showed successful going against the NBA’s Pride Month and anti-LGBTQ beliefs was not detrimental to the team.

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

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

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

Ivey said helium was lone chopped due to the fact that helium was preaching "the connection of God."

"It is strictly due to the fact that I spoke the information of the connection of God and was preaching the Gospel," helium continued. "That’s wherefore it was detrimental to the team. I witnessed to galore connected my squad the information and those things.

"Everyone has their beliefs. Everyone believes successful something. If idiosyncratic tin talk and curse and talk astir unrighteousness astir immoderate it whitethorn be, past I tin talk the information and that’s due to the fact that my God says to talk the information to the lost, to those who don’t cognize Jesus, to those who are not calved again."

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

Ivey besides said successful the podcast helium tried to dice by termination aggregate times.

"I’m not ashamed to accidental it. I’m not ashamed to accidental it due to the fact that God was merciful to support maine here," helium said. "I astir committed suicide. I had Oxy pills successful my hands, and my woman was telling me, ‘Don’t bash it. Don’t bash this. Don’t spell down similar this.’ And God was convicting me. And I didn’t cognize the truth. I didn’t bash it by God’s grace. He kept maine here."

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

"It’s truly sad," helium said. "They don’t accidental to idiosyncratic who’s going to clubs, ‘Are you crazy?’ They don’t look to idiosyncratic that’s smoking weed, ‘Are you crazy?’ But to beryllium the Christian proclaiming the truth, preaching the Gospel, I’m looked astatine arsenic brainsick and person a intelligence unwellness and I’m psycho and I request assistance and I’m brainsick due to the fact that I emotion God.

Jaden Ivey of the Chicago Bulls reacts during the crippled against the 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 volition springiness my beingness for them and determination into them and I’m going to bash the volition of God successful Jesus’ sanction and bash his volition that helium whitethorn beryllium glorified. Not my volition beryllium done, but his volition beryllium done."

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