Bottom line: Ivey's third livestream in a week pushed the Bulls past their breaking point. Whether it's religious conviction or career self-destruction depends on who you ask — but either way, his NBA future just got a lot murkier.
Bulls head coach Bill Donovan kept it diplomatic: "We have people from all different walks of life... we've got to all be professional. There's got to be a high level of respect for one another." Translation: you can't alienate teammates and the org with public rants and expect to stick around.
But it wasn't just about Pride Month. Ivey went after other NBA stars too, questioning Steph Curry's Christianity: "He don't know Jesus... all them rings he got, all them rings LeBron got, all them rings Michael Jordan got" won't matter on Judgment Day. Wild stuff.
Ivey insists he was doing his job — in the gym, rehabbing — and questions why the Bulls didn't just say they disagreed with his stance on LGBTQ issues instead of hiding behind "detrimental conduct." He framed the whole thing as persecution for his religious beliefs.
The Bulls cut Ivey on Monday after a series of inflammatory livestreams. He'd been rehabbing a left knee injury when the axe fell. His reaction? An immediate Instagram Live calling the organization out: "Ask any one of them coaches — was I a good teammate? All I'm preaching is Jesus Christ and they waived me."
Bulls guard Jaden Ivey just torched his former team as "liars" after getting waived for "conduct detrimental to the team" — all stemming from Instagram livestreams where he ranted about religion, called out the NBA's Pride support, and labeled Catholicism a "false religion."
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Bottom line: Ivey's third livestream in a week pushed the Bulls past their breaking point. Whether it's religious conviction or career self-destruction depends on who you ask — but either way, his NBA future just got a lot murkier.
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Bulls head coach Bill Donovan kept it diplomatic: "We have people from all different walks of life... we've got to all be professional. There's got to be a high level of respect for one another." Translation: you can't alienate teammates and the org with public rants and expect to stick around.
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But it wasn't just about Pride Month. Ivey went after other NBA stars too, questioning Steph Curry's Christianity: "He don't know Jesus... all them rings he got, all them rings LeBron got, all them rings Michael Jordan got" won't matter on Judgment Day. Wild stuff.
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Ivey insists he was doing his job — in the gym, rehabbing — and questions why the Bulls didn't just say they disagreed with his stance on LGBTQ issues instead of hiding behind "detrimental conduct." He framed the whole thing as persecution for his religious beliefs.
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The Bulls cut Ivey on Monday after a series of inflammatory livestreams. He'd been rehabbing a left knee injury when the axe fell. His reaction? An immediate Instagram Live calling the organization out: "Ask any one of them coaches — was I a good teammate? All I'm preaching is Jesus Christ and they waived me."
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Bulls guard Jaden Ivey just torched his former team as "liars" after getting waived for "conduct detrimental to the team" — all stemming from Instagram livestreams where he ranted about religion, called out the NBA's Pride support, and labeled Catholicism a "false religion."