NBA player Jaden Ivey goes on social media rant after being waived amid comments criticizing pride month

NBA subordinate Jaden Ivey went connected a societal media tirade aft being waived from the Chicago Bulls connected Monday. The Bulls claimed Ivey was waived for "conduct detrimental to the team" aft helium made comments captious of pridefulness month, citing his Christian faith.

In a bid of Instagram unrecorded posts, Ivey gave his thoughts connected being waived by the Bulls. 

"They’re liars, bro. This is lying," Ivey said successful 1 Instagram live. "They’re lying saying my behaviour is detrimental to the team. That’s a lie. Ask immoderate 1 of them coaches successful there, ‘Was I a bully teammate?’ All I’m preaching astir is Jesus Christ and they waived me. They accidental I’m crazy, right? I’m psycho.

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

"They gonna effort to halt maine but I’m not, I’m going to support speaking the truth. That’s wherefore everybody astir maine turning their backmost connected maine due to the fact that of my faith. I didn’t get myself waived. I was successful the gym today, I was rehabbing, lifting, and doing what was required of maine successful my job… I could’ve discontinue connected my ain aforesaid but they kicked maine out."

Ivey aboriginal spoke astir his addiction to pornography and however Christianity helped him flooded it. 

"Before I came to the Lord Jesus Christ, the NBA was everything to me," Ivey said successful 1 livestream. "I didn’t cognize God. I didn’t cognize Jesus erstwhile I came to the NBA. I was a fornicator, I was a pornography addict and I utilized to get drunk. That’s each I knew. And aft a win, and aft each those points, I felt good… I felt similar I had everything acceptable retired for me." 

Ivey besides appeared to knock Steph Curry and LeBron James, questioning their devotion to Christianity.

"That’s wherefore you got Steph Curry… helium don’t cognize Jesus, and I commune helium comes to the truth, that him and his household beryllium saved successful Jesus name… " Ivey said. "All them rings helium got, each them rings LeBron got, each them rings Michael Jordan got, each them radical successful the Hall of Fame who don’t cognize Jesus Christ — No. It’s not gonna substance connected Judgment Day if you don’t cognize Jesus and your sanction is not written successful the publication of life."

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Chicago Bulls defender Jaden Ivey (31) passes against the Toronto Raptors successful the 2nd fractional astatine Scotiabank Arena connected Feb. 5, 2026.  (Dan Hamilton/Imagn Images)

Ivey’s video calling retired the league was posted connected Monday morning, arsenic helium said it was "unrighteousness" that the NBA would observe Pride Month. 

"The satellite tin proclaim LGBTQ, right?" Ivey said successful that video. "They proclaim Pride Month and the NBA. They proclaim it. They amusement it to the world. They say, ‘Come articulation america for Pride Month to observe unrighteousness.’ They proclaim it. They proclaim it connected the billboards. They proclaim successful the streets. Unrighteousness. So, however is it that 1 can’t talk righteousness? Who are they to accidental that this antheral is crazy?"

Ivey besides said successful a antithetic video that Catholicism was a "false religion," which comes arsenic a imaginable contented for Ivey’s mother. 

Ivey was the 5th wide prime of the 2022 NBA Draft by the Pistons, who hoped helium would beryllium a cardinal portion successful their rebuild. He was coagulated to commencement his career, making the 2022-23 NBA All-Rookie squad aft averaging 16.3 points, 3.9 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game, portion shooting 41.6% from the field. 

Ivey was traded to the Bulls arsenic portion of a three-team woody involving his erstwhile Detroit Pistons and the Minnesota Timberwolves.

He posted a career-high 17.6 points per crippled during the 2024-25 campaign, arsenic the Purdue merchandise looked to beryllium hitting his stride. 

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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)

However, Ivey saw a regression successful his accumulation this year, chiefly playing disconnected the seat for the Pistons earlier the trade.

Ivey played conscionable 4 games with the Bulls, averaging 11.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per crippled earlier his release.

Fox News Digital's Scott Thompson contributed to this report. 

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