The NBA is heading down another slippery slope. Following their social justice campaign in 2020, the viewership dropped across the league. Part of that had to do with the new way of NBA play, with constant three-pointers being shot, little to no defense being played, and the defense that is played turns into fouls and free throws, which defeats the purpose of playing good defense. The competitive aspect of the sport is disappearing, and you see viewers tuning them out for college basketball or sports like baseball and football.
Now, it seems like NBA players who are Christian are fearful about speaking of Jesus and their faith. Former Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls guard Jaden Ivey took to social media to speak about Jesus, while also mentioning the LGBTQ community. Of course, we have seen some celebrate Ivey's release by the Bulls... for exercising his First Amendment rights. But this is nothing new from Ivey. He has been speaking out about Jesus for the past few years now.
#Pistons Guard Jaden Ivey said in a postgame press conference, “Jesus is the way, the truth, the life” & that we need to wake up and follow Him 👏 pic.twitter.com/p6LsWrgTcZ
— Jon Root (@JonnyRoot_) March 12, 2024
The clip below was the video that supposedly got Ivey in trouble with the NBA, calling the league out for celebrating Pride Month:
Jaden Ivey calls out the NBA for celebrating Pride Month
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) March 30, 2026
“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.’”
(@esidery)
pic.twitter.com/k3RPCv7IAC
According to ESPN's Shams Charania, Ivey was cut "after his recent anti-LGBTQ comments amid several rants on religion and other topics."
This is why The Chicago Bulls waved Jaden Ivey…
— Jon Root (@JonnyRoot_) March 30, 2026
“God did not make a man to be with a man”
Ivey simply affirmed what The Bible says in Genesis 1:27
Shame on you, @chicagobulls & @NBA
(🎥: posionivey/IG) pic.twitter.com/NaEC91rFFn
Shortly after the Bulls released Ivey, Dallas Mavericks center Daniel Gafford was asked about his shirt that read "Faith isn't for the weak." Gafford responded:
“I didn’t even really see what it had said until you said something about it, but, I mean, faith isn’t for the weak because God gives his tests to his strongest soldiers. Most definitely, and I really can’t go deep into that, with the stuff that’s going on with the Ivey situation … We’re gonna keep it at that point.”
Dallas Mavericks player Daniel Gafford forced to censor himself when asked about his shirt that says "Faith isn’t for the weak."
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 31, 2026
He doesn't want to get waived like Jaden Ivey.
The @NBA is targeting Christians while promoting LGBTQ groomer celebrations. pic.twitter.com/dgUzrs9ZLh
This is the same league that minimally penalized not one, but two current NBA players — Charlotte Hornets power forward Miles Bridges and Milwaukee Bucks point guard Kevin Porter Jr. — for domestic violence. But now players in that same league are afraid to praise Jesus for fear of losing their jobs.
Bridges was criminally charged with multiple counts of domestic violence and child abuse, following an alleged assault on the mother of his two children. The NBA handed him a 30-game suspension. Porter Jr. was arrested on two separate occasions. The first one was in 2020, when he crashed his car, and the police found a loaded gun in his car. In 2023, he was arrested on charges of second-degree assault and strangulation after allegedly attacking his girlfriend, who was in the WNBA, Kysre Rae Gondrezick. Porter Jr. was suspended for four games by the NBA, and he missed the entire 2023-2024 season, but was able to play in Greece instead.
JADEN IVEY DID NOT DESERVE TO BE CUT!
— The Craig Carton Show (@CraigCartonShow) March 31, 2026
“Jaden Ivey is a very religious guy — he’s not down with Pride Night! Within 24 hours, Jaden Ivey got cut! There are dudes on NBA teams with domestic violence arrests! He finds it unrighteous, and they cut him for it!” — Craig Carton… pic.twitter.com/kE22eVi7mT
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This seems to be an ongoing occurrence in major sports leagues, including the NFL, with athletes such as wide receiver Tyreek Hill and running back Kareem Hunt. Hill was charged with domestic assault and battery by strangulation. Not to mention, he has a terrible criminal history, and the only time he was cut was when he suffered a season-ending knee injury. In 2018, Hunt allegedly kicked and shoved a woman in a Cleveland hotel, but was not charged because the woman decided not to pursue charges. He received a suspension and was still with an NFL team last season. He is currently an unrestricted free agent.
The point is that these athletes can domestically abuse women and get minimally punished by their league, while coming back to not only a roster spot, but a starter role, with starter compensation. But if you express your opinion on issues such as Christianity, LGBTQ, and faith in Jesus, that's where the leagues, especially the NBA, seem to have a problem. It is embarrassing that they draw the line when it comes to someone speaking their mind and not when it comes to individuals being abused and beaten by athletes in their league.
To this day, Bridges is on the Hornets. They did not even bother to look into releasing or trading him. But Ivey speaks about what is on his mind, physically hurts nobody, yet he's the one who gets the shaft.
Now, some are claiming that Ivey has mental issues. If that were the case, and the NBA did nothing about it, except make it worse for him by cutting him, that in and of itself is sickening. They have helped other players in the past, from DeMar DeRozan to Kevin Love. So it's not that they are not capable of it, it is that they did not want to. We can't know for certain what goes on in people's minds, but based on past comments that he has made, Ivey does not have mental issues. That rumor was made by people who were offended by his words. But let's say he was going through mental health issues, the NBA did not even attempt to help Ivey.
It's disgraceful that they want to censor speech now, especially when it comes to talking about Jesus and the Bible, and this is part of the reason why people have tuned out the NBA and are not going back.
