It was highly inconvenient timing as it was in the middle of the Jimmer era.

This was his quote:

"The Mormon thing wasn't for me," said Loyd, who was born and raised in Las Vegas before living in Provo, Utah, for three years while playing basketball at BYU.

"The church was heavily involved with the school, and obviously, if you live anywhere for a long period of time, they are going to open your mind to what they believe. They had a problem with me not being LDS (Latter Day Saints), but I couldn’t get my mind around their concepts," said Loyd, who calls himself a Christian.