Valuetainment
“Pride Celebrates Unrighteousness” - Jaden Ivey CUT After NBA Pride BACKLASH
02 Apr 2026
Chapter 1: What comments did Jaden Ivey make about his faith and the NBA?
Chicago Bulls' Jaden Ivey made a couple comments about his faith and how uncomfortable he was with the NBA being pro-LGBTQ, Pride Month, all this other stuff. And he was actually a superstar. He was a star playing with the Pistons on the backcourt with this other guy who's a, you know, some of the NBA players would say he's a superstar. Who's the backcourt? Who, Cade Cunningham?
Cade Cunningham, yeah. This guy's on the Bulls. No, no, he was on the Pistons in the backcourt. Average 17 points a game, four assists, four rebounds. This is why I tell you, I follow this stuff closer than you do. Way better than you at it, obviously. How many times does this guy think like he's SportsCenter? This guy's not a player.
Anyways, Jaden comes up, says the following when he's driving, and I like the fact that at least he put the phone on his lap because he didn't want to get a ticket. Exactly. Because the camera's angle is focused on his nostrils, but try to focus on the message while he's doing this.
He's simply sharing his faith, and the Chicago Bulls let him go simply because of this comment and this video that he made. Go ahead, Rob. The world can proclaim LGBTQ. Right? They proclaim Pride Month and the NBA. They proclaim it. They show it to the world. They say, come join us for Pride. For Pride Month. To celebrate unrighteousness. They proclaim it. They proclaim it on the billboards.
They proclaim it in the streets. Unrighteousness. So how is it that one can't speak righteousness? How is it one that, how are they to say that, man, this man is crazy? I'm not the J.I. I used to be, but the old J.I. is dead. I'm alive in Christ. No matter what the basketball setting is, I'm born again, the Holy Spirit. And I've been saved by Jesus Christ. Powerful. Vinny, your thoughts?
I absolutely love that. So I think just Christians in the world, I hope you guys are waking up and seeing what's going on. The NBA can wave whatever flag that they want, but the moment... The moment he talks about Christ and says anything like that, you know what they actually said? They said he's detrimental to the team because he's speaking about Bible. Guys, this isn't about inclusion.
It's about submission. My question is this, Tom. Detrimental to whom? Is it the locker room, the front office, the sponsors, or the image that they sell every June? Because the issue is that he said Pride Month celebrates unrighteousness, and then they say that instead of hiding behind corporate language, this is who he is, okay?
And as Christians out there, and we have another story coming later on about Christians and them getting slaughtered and murdered, This shouldn't surprise anybody. Jesus said what, Tom? The world would hate his followers because it hated him first, okay? So what he's talking about, by the way, do you not see the Holy Spirit in this guy?
Did you see that moment, Tom, where he goes, I'm not the same Jaden. That old Jaden is dead. He's talking about repentance, salvation, and the kingdom of God and getting punished for it.
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Chapter 2: How did the NBA community react to Ivey's statements?
Mind you, he's not saying hate gay people. He's not saying any of that stuff, okay? And I guarantee you his attitude is love them, okay? Pray for them and hope that they can come to Christ. Because guess what? At the end of the day, you can be gay. Doesn't mean you have to practice in that lifestyle, okay? Watching porn, giving into just sex and doing all that stuff.
You don't have to live that life. You're supposed to try to change. I'm not saying don't be gay, but you don't have to practice in it. And I feel for these people, Pat, and I pray for them. I swear to you. Are you good? No. Vinny.
What?
The way you went into it.
No, I'm good.
I'm saying you have to pray for them. Vinny. Yes.
Why are you gay?
I'm trying to be serious. And by the way, the word pride in this whole thing matters as well. And what does the Bible say, Tom, about pride? Pride comes before the fall. It's not just a phrase. It's scripture. So when an entire league turns into a freaking banner that he can't say what he wants to say, I think it's ridiculous. And I think the bigger message is it's not about basketball.
It's a reminder that if you stand for Christ and the way his teachings and the scripture public, this is what's going to happen to you. Plain and simple, Adam.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of free speech in professional sports?
I mean, your position is a very logical, reasonable agent position. To him, it's like, no, this is my faith. And, Rob, what is this clip that you have here? This is him, I believe it was yesterday, talking about the backlash that he's received from his family and his wife. Let's play this, and I'm going to come to you. Go for it. Those who are around me, those are my family members.
Oh, he says his own wife is not texting him back. Because of what I spoke, the truth. saying that I'm losing my mind, saying that I'm crazy. These are my own family members. My blood, man, he's psycho. He's this, he's that. Those are my own household. That's why my wife in here and she not even texting me. Okay, Adam, keep going.
So look, My advice is get off the internet, buddy. Because I understand if you just gave your life to Christ, that's amazing. You're excited. You want to share it with the world. That's amazing, of course. But not every news needs to be shared. You started off the podcast that basically said, hey, listen, I'm going to call you out publicly. Why?
Because you represent me and you represent the brand. And I hear that. But this guy represents more than himself. He represents the Chicago Bulls. He represents the NBA. And he represents the overall league. And he's going rogue. and basically saying my beliefs, what I believe is more important than my team, my teammates, the league that I stand for, and the logo.
By the way, I agree with some of the stuff you're saying. But time and place, because if we're going to talk about representing the brand and representing the league, you're representing the Chicago Bulls. You just went from the goat of MJ to now your brand is being known as gay bashing. I'm not saying that he's doing that, but that's what your brand is known for. Horrible timing.
You know what? You said the news that should never be shared. He is sharing the word of Jesus Christ, and I commend him, and I love that you said that, Pat, in a moment where he has everything, but he is touched by the Holy Spirit, and dude, I can't give him enough credit for having the gall to do Adam, because you know what?
If you're in the league, and for a month they're representing the gay flag, it's all over the place, you're in on it. And listen, Pride Month, LGBTQ, there Pushing that tea stuff that you always talk about on children. He doesn't want to be any part of it. And if you think about Adam, he's not budging to hell with the timing. His morals and his principles.
And you know, you said about, who's he making happy? If Jesus Christ is happy, you win. I don't care about your wife. I don't care about your family. I don't care about his boys going, yo, dog, we about to come up. No, no, Adam. Let me flip it on you. But let me finish. Adam, and I love you. I know you're not a Christian. I'm telling you right now. I'm the original Christian.
The one person, the one being that is happy about this guy, besides everybody else, is the man upstairs.
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Chapter 4: How does the panel view the concept of 'Pride Month'?
Okay. But, like, you don't think he's already rich? Do you not think? Hold on. No, he's not. Three years he's been in the league, he doesn't have any money? That's not major money.
He's made already $26 million, and the Pistons owe him... Another $10 to $11 million guaranteed for your $40 million contract. He would have had $100 million. You're right about the $100 million. But he's making a different point. But let me make a point to you.
What I'm saying is, Adam, I'm telling you right now, Adam, something changed in my life. The moment it wasn't about me and the money and the girls and everything, Christ, you're on a completely different path. I see it in his face. I see me in him, and he doesn't care. 20 million. Adam, I think he'd be happy with $100,000. He's been touched, and it's over. And hold on.
Let me ask you, and I'll let you go. Do you not think another team's going to pick him up? The NBA's done with him. The Bulls waived him. I think he's finished. I think he's going to be great for the rest of his life. Go ahead.
So you think another team's going to pick him up? I don't see this being. You think another team's going to pick him up? No. Let me ask you a question. Is it possible? Let me ask you a question. Do you think Adam Silver likes what he said? Oh, absolutely not. Okay. What happened to the Orlando Magic player? Jonathan Isaac. Who is he with today?
Jonathan, he's still with Orlando Magic.
He gets a little bit of blaming time. So guess where he could go? He could go to Orlando Magic. Do you know why? Because he can go to Orlando Magic. He can go to Orlando Magic because the Orlando Magic owner is the DeVos family. The DeVos family, Betsy DeVos is, you know, the DeVos family, devout, devout Christian, give to the biggest foundations.
I think he can potentially end up with the Magic top. Look, you don't have to like this, and I'm going to say something here people probably aren't going to like. And that is, you know, he has this deep faith that he's sharing. On a Christian standpoint, I find it amazing that he was boldly sharing, and I understand his feeling, his faith, everything that goes with it. Totally understand it.
The reality in America is, and I look back at, do you remember there's a Marine named Jacoby Williamson, and he got fired because he said another racist man, Charlie Kirk, was popped. The reason he got fired is popped made it sound like he was celebrating his death. But if he was to say, I found Charlie to be racist, a lot of people are upset by it, who knows what happened here.
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Chapter 5: What challenges do Christian athletes face in the current climate?
You're guaranteed free speech under the Constitution, but you're not guaranteed free speech without consequences in certain circumstances. In terms of employment, you're only guaranteed that you're not going to be fired because of your race, religion, nation of origin, or sexual orientation, or other discriminatory factors, who you are.
But if you say something that they think your employer thinks is offensive or your employer thinks is against their foundations, you can expect consequences. And the league feels this way. We push Pride Month. We do these things. So you need, if you're going to play here... This is who we are. Don't be critical. Don't disparage the league.
And unfortunately, he in his free speech, the consequences is that he loses his job. I hate that he did. I'm sad that he did. But this is the way free speech works in America. I want to see Adam Silver.
do the same thing if there's a muslim player that says something about christianity or christian players i want to see adam silver i want to see him do the same thing but right now what this guy did he exercised free speech i hate the consequence but this is the consequence because the league says we own the teams you're an employee of the team i want to move on guys i want to move on
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Chapter 6: How does personal belief impact professional decisions?
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