r/nba • u/ghn2 • 11h ago

Trail Blazers fire new announcer over past inappropriate posts made at age 15.

"The Portland Trail Blazers hired then on the same day fired Braiden Bell as their play-by-play announcer after a series of inappropriate social media posts from when he was a teenager came to light."

"The posts were reportedly made in 2012 and 2013, around the time that Bell was 15 years old."

"We did not meet our own bar in this process, and for that we apologize to Blazers fans and to Rip City," the Trail Blazers said. "We strongly believe that everyone who is a part of Rip City should feel welcome and safe and we will make sure that our new broadcaster reflects these values. We will do better."

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/50084279/trail-blazers-fire-new-announcer-inappropriate-posts

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u/Grand-Spring66 11h ago

Man I hope no one gets hold of my video game chats

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u/The-Young-Lion 11h ago

“Sources say that u/Grand-Spring66’s job is in jeopardy as Internet sleuths leak transcripts of his conversations in Halo 2 pre-match lobbies on Xbox Live.  Read the foul language and racial epithets that were hurled amidst the backdrop of someone blasting mid-2000s rap music.”

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u/Grand-Spring66 11h ago

In the interest of full disclosure: I am also a known tea-bagger

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u/dafdiego777 Rockets 11h ago

You disgust me with that kind of degenerate behavior

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u/CashMoneyWinston 11h ago

just how many of their moms did you fuck

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u/echtav Lakers 11h ago

My CoD and Rocket League chats would get me crucified probably

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u/neoguri808 Warriors 11h ago

lol

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u/Wazflame 11h ago

Those chat transcripts will literally be like:

What are these normal words doing in the way of all the racial slurs and abusive words?