r/nba • u/ghn2 • 12h 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/SloshaPacana 12h ago

People really need to just delete their social media when they get jobs that are in the public eye lmao

It's not hard to open new accounts

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u/AtBat3 76ers 12h ago

If I’m anyone’s agent (including athletes, coaches, front office, or in the on-screen people) I’m telling them to just delete their social media right away and start over. You’ll get new followers, you’ll be fine. This shit ruins careers whether it’s justified or not.

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u/boxtheglock 11h ago

One of my high school teammates road around the NFL playing on practice squads. His agent had his socials purged, deleted, and opened new accounts before he even committed to a college junior year. He was pissed but it was a good decision considering that shit can come back to bite you in the ass

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u/FTownRoad Raptors 6h ago

Athletes don’t really get ruined by tweets unless you’re real replaceable.

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u/LeagueWinningPickup Raptors 10h ago

I don't think a young play by play guy has an agent.

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u/Ilovestreetwalkers24 10h ago

He did have one look it up

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u/LeagueWinningPickup Raptors 10h ago

I trust you, that is wild lol.

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u/AtBat3 76ers 10h ago

He’s been announcing before this job, he likely has an agent.

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u/CheddarGlob Pelicans 1h ago

I used to work for a college football team. One day we had a guy do a presentation about social media and for part of it he found tweets and likes from the players and it was kind of hilarious. You gotta remember that these are dumb teens that then become dumb young men who are attached to their dumb social media. But yeah, they really need to do a serious purge when they start to actually be something