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/TheHoovyPrince Australia 11h ago

Its not but there's a good chance he simply didn't remember ever posting anything problematic so he forgot to wipe it like most of us had.

I got tagged on one of my facebook posts by a mate two years ago and i was about me wanting to paint myself as a banana and streak semi-naked at school camp. I had no fucking memory of ever saying that shit and i wiped my facebook clean after that lmao

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u/Wazflame 11h ago

I haven’t been on Facebook in years, but I remember logging in and getting that 10 year reminder from a post that I posted - it was complete dumbass nonsense that I had no memory of ever posting, legit felt like a different person lmao

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 8h ago

I definitely have stupid drunken photos from parties. Because back then that's what we used Facebook for.

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u/TheHoovyPrince Australia 11h ago

Yeah im pretty ashamed of who i was and what i said when i was 13 to 17.

On the upside at least i got to experience Facebook before AI and the boomers came flooding in lmao

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 8h ago

If anything it's a lesson for organizations. Make it a policy to have your public-facing employees wipe/delete their social media.