Fun fact: Jaden Ivey had a child out of wedlock.

Bulls FO: He passed his physical, anything else to share?

Pistons FO: Nope. Nothing at all. Don’t watch any of his post-game pressers though hahahah ha ha seriously don’t watch.

Bulls FO: Say no more. It’s a deal.

I went from hoping he was the centerpiece in a deal to getting MPJ here to accepting Huerter is more valuable than just straight cutting him 😭 Langdon keeps stacking Ws

Not to mention Detroit got Huerter in the trade, who’s been great so far

Eh i’ll consider this a 2nd for huerter and pretend ivey never existed

I saw a tweet that he signed a kids jersey with bible scripture about repenting years ago. theres tons of stuff coming out that hes been like this for literal years

Biggest trade win of the year, apparently

Like most of these vocal “Christians.” Did they forget the part in the Bible where Jesus berates the Pharisees preaching in the street?

I really wish a reporter would’ve had the opportunity to ask Ivey (or Gafford— who seemingly came out in support of Ivey) what they think about tithing 10% of their yearly earnings to their church. I imagine that they ignore that part of the bible.

Iveys religious “transformation” came after a lot of his bad behavior in the past and likely acted as a catalyst before it.

That is the point of religion, after all. Even hypocrites can be saved. But ivey does not need more religion rn he needs some actual guidance. Whoever he’s close to has let it go too far, take his phone away

Not really, he did say he partook in a lot of those same behaviors in an interview last year and that he was “saved by Jesus Christ”. In his eyes he was a sinner and took the steps to save himself.

Of course, I think that plus multiple other things show he’s a religious lunatic, possibly even dealing with some serious mental issues due to some of the things he’s saying. But I wouldn’t say he’s being a hypocrite.

“When a guy is bangin’ you”

Listen I’ve fucked a lot of fat chicks in my day but I’ve never fornicated anybody

Hyperreligiosity is very common during mania

both

Nah Ivey is literally shouting on Instagram live in a middle seat of a Delta flight claiming Catholocism is a false religion, Steph Curry doesn’t know Jesus, and at the same time talking about his love of apple pie and porn addiction, all while responding to normal instagram comments with unrelated bible verses, asking people if they’ve been born again, and claiming those who don’t judge others aren’t righteous enough. We’ve had highly religious players in the NBA including conservative ones but they’ve never done this kind of stuff.

Yeah people act like he’s being extreme he’s not any different from highly religious people that don’t respect other people’s views. Sometimes you find some that can’t keep their mouth shut. Dude probably just feels out of control is his career so he started taking control of what he can.

Those nutty dumbfucks are enthusiastically steering this country towards ww3.

Or people who are religious nutjobs like this might benefit from mental health check.

It’s not an excuse of actions, but I do think we just kinda waive off things. I don’t really think people are religious nutjobs just because. And honestly that dismissive waive off I feel like kinda does a disservice. Like even if there’s a chance of a problem idk why we shouldn’t try to treat it.

Both can be true.

He is probably realizing that his career is over and wont make anymore money.

I think hes probably a religious nut which is obvious while also having a mental breakdown about the consequences of his actions and in typical hardcore Christian fashion hes doubling down. Its everyone else who is wrong essentially 

Or it could be both, i.e. unmedicated bipolar disorder with manic episodes (see also: Kanye West)

Just saw a post on twitter and he signed a kids jersey with some religious message while he was on the pistons

People were trying so hard to give him a pass

I’ve been outwardly proselytized to by clients for my job on a regular basis. I’m out here reviewing a businesses environmental due diligence and I got mf’ers handing me bibles and asking if I go to church…

The way he’s going live and just ranting screams manic episode or some other type of mental illness. Has he always been like this?? I can’t believe how bad it is lol

You can’t even say the Chicago version since original recipe Kanye’s from Chicago!

/OG might be a bit much/kind

Fml

I’m glad a change of scenery seems to be helping red velvet.

Queue the Harbaugh and Jameis interview 😂

Gonna tag team them with TreyVeon

Jesus needs a new private jet

His pastor? Jonathan Isaac

heard it was with a midget in a cabinet

Damn, and an Atlanta fan would know about these things…

Turns out stupidity and this sort of religiosity are often a matched set.

If he was saying this kind of stuff to reporters just imagine what kind of stuff he could’ve been saying to his teammates and coaching staff behind closed doors

The faith almost doesn’t matter. If you go too deep you become problematic. Pray if you want to pray, but leave other people alone. Unless you are actively, and with consent, helping them get food, shelter, work, or medical care, leave them alone.

Thats the point. They think they can just ask for forgiveness later and it will magically wash away all the horrible shit they do.

i have been there.. is easy to feel superior to others when you believe you are living the correct way

That was my thought too. It made me relieved that we got out of that problem before it blew up like this.

Johnathan Isaac has entered the chat

Were there red flags on Griffin too? All I remember is he had a good rookie season, was awful the next year, and then dipped. Don’t remember any drama.

He sure did make a whole lot of proclamations about LBGTQ folks.

He’s suffered some sexual abuse when he was younger. Context and severity Im unsure of, but I lean towards believing that trauma is a factor here.

Bulls sort by controversial when looking for prospects

You’re talking about a team that rather have Nick Richards than take a flier on another young former OKC prospect. Trading Dieng for Richards when he’s a known commodity really sums up how stupid these guys are.

To be fair, Bulls are stereotypically known to run towards red flags.

Bulls continue to prove why they are the Bulls.

they traded expiring contracts for a flyer on a player with an expiring contract. no harm done

He’ll be on Fox News screaming about “cancel culture” next week

“If you move in together before marriage, you’ll be living in sin.”

moves in together

bangs half as often

How about no fornication before marriage but not by choice 🥀

I get this is a joke, but I’m obligated to say that the group home model is far more humane than institutionalizing the mentally ill/developmentally disabled.

Ummm, that’s sort of what evangelical christianity is all about, though.

I mean, push all you want in a public social setting. Just expect push back or disengagement.  Now if we are talking law, thats where this kind of stuff needs to be checked. 

Yeah but they confessed to Benny the Bull so it’s fine

Odd thing to bring up in an interview still

Always seemed extremely convenient to me that theres a get out of jail free clause built in where you can just be a massive hypocrite about whatever you want as long as you said you were really sorry about it when you did it. Must be nice.

I ate a bunch of cookies, but I repented to my imaginary friend. 

If you eat any of those cookies though, straight to hell

Looks at his kid. Shakes head in disgust. You’re my little bastard.

And imbeciles.

Being a nutjob is part of it. They believe in witches and magic and the devil.

Don’t forget he also just sucked on the bulls. There’s multiple reasons for him getting waived.