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Former Chicago Bulls guard Jaden Ivey was seemingly spotted on an Auburn street corner preaching about Jesus just days after he was released by the team. Ivey was cut by the Bulls for “conduct detrimental to the team.”
Over Easter weekend, videos began circulating of Jaden Ivey standing at Toomer’s Corner in Auburn, Alabama, preaching to pedestrians and joining a group already holding religious signs.
In the clip, Ivey can be heard quoting the bible verse Matthew 5:8 — “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” — while addressing a small crowd of onlookers.
Former Chicago Bulls guard Jaden Ivey was spotted in Auburn preaching to pedestrians on the street just days after being cut by the team
They found Jaden Ivey preaching on the streets 😳
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— Woodward Sports Network (@woodwardsports) April 5, 2026
While Ivey was cut following a rant on Instagram about the LGBTQ community, reports indicate that Ivey’s behavior was already grinding down the Bulls’ patience and the Instagram video was simply the final straw.
“The world proclaims LGBTQ, right? They proclaim Pride Month and the NBA does too. They show it to the world. They say, ‘Come join us for Pride Month to celebrate unrighteousness.’ They proclaim it on the billboards. They proclaim it in the streets. Unrighteousness. So how is it that one can’t speak righteousness?” Ivey said on Instagram in late March.
After being acquired from the Detroit Pistons in a trade on February 3, Ivey appeared in just four games for the Chicago Bulls before being cut and averaged 11.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 2.0 steals, and 0.5 blocks per game.
Ivey was selected by the Detroit Pistons out of Purdue University with the 5th overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft. His future in the NBA is uncertain at this time, as he has since claimed other teams won’t sign him because they think “he’s too religious.”
Prior to being trader to the Bulls, however, reports indicate that Ivey acted as a “preacher” while with the Pistons, with his media availability sessions becoming sermons in which he asked reporters whether they had been “saved” and if they had “fornicated before marriage.”